Cognitive man as an object of economic science research

Abstract

The article proposes a model of a “cognitive man”, which is considered as one of the fundamental results of the genesis of an “economic man” under the influence of scientific and technological progress and innovative development of the economy and society as a whole. The main goal of the material is an attempt to allocate and expand the idea that the most comprehensive understanding and consideration of the peculiarities of the influence of an artificial virtual environment and the information load on the employee, as well as new social relations that are formed within the virtual environment, determine the theoretical conditions and prerequisites for the formation of a “cognitive man” model.