Science truth in communicative ontology

The scientific truth features in modern science in the context of communicative ontology are researched in this article.The truth is one of the main categories of the theory of knowledge and epistemology, changing its definitions in different contexts. Thedevelopment of the philosophy and methodology of science has shown ambiguity of the category of truth in the conditions of moderndevelopment of science. Modern methodology draws attention to the comprehension of truth in the conditions of the growingcommunicativeness of science due to the change of the object and the subject of scientific knowledge. In communicative ontology theusual understanding of science is questioned. Both subject and object is the product of communication, they exist so far as included inthe unified communicative space. Now the subject does not only reveal the connection between the objects and the laws of theirexistence remaining indifferent to it, but it also creates the connection ensuring the existence of the object. In modern science, the realityby the subject and the object is the kind of relationship they have. The modern state of science gives the basis to speak about the unity ofthe Natural Sciences and the Humanities, about the possibility of opening the scientific truth in the border areas, at the intersection ofdifferent sciences. The scientific truth possessing the peculiarities of modern science is characterized by principally new features.Firstly, the scientific truth in its ontology becomes procedural, continuously changing. Since scientific processes are in constant motion,the scientific truth is continuously changing. Secondly, the expression of the communicative nature of the scientific truth is itsconventional type. The scientific community uses discussion and debate to criticise the alternative competing theories, which result inconventions about their credibility. Thirdly, the scientific truth is commonly important. It does not become significant in the sphere ofone scientific discipline, but in the interdisciplinary communication sphere. Fourthly, the scientific truth is interdisciplinary by nature.Interdisciplinarity is responsible for the innovative nature of the development of sociality and science, their constant development,formation, renewal. The considered features of the scientific truth are demonstrated by example of manifestation of the scientific truth ingeographical science, which is characterized by all of the communicative features of scientific development.

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