The following present science as a social system in the light of the conceptual organization of the theory of functionally differentiated systems of Niklas Luhmann by using a monographic exposition capable to develop some of the basic approaches that play a crucial role in the explanation of this functional subsystem. Hence, the text is divided as follows: 1) Knowledge, 2) True 3) Science as a social system, 4) Accurate reductions and, 5) Science and society, where in each section emerge intrinsic conceptual elements as: observation, reality, reflection, trust, hierarchy, hypothesis, operational closure, theories, methods, publications, structural drifts and disciplines, all of them shaping the theoretical architecture that interpret science as a social system within the society.
Keywords:
knowledge, true, science, autology, autopoiesis
Author Biography
Gerardo D. Sánchez Romero, University of Copenhagen
Sánchez Romero, G. D. (2011). A synthesis of the Social System of Science according to Niklas Luhmann. MAD, (24), 30–60. Retrieved from https://revistadeantropologia.uchile.cl/index.php/RMAD/article/view/13530
