From the Information Society to the Knowledge Society

Abstract

Immersed in the paradigm of the great challenges, having expectations for an advancement of knowledge appears full of uncertainties. This is so because of the gap between knowledge from experts and common citizens and the high uncertainty belonging to the (techno)scientific activity. The information society is not a society of knowledge: despite that (techno) science defines much of our capacities and possibilities our culture is not a (techno)scientific culture but a (tecno) scientificated culture. This paper tries to show what this epistemic and political problem consist. That political issue prevents processes of public deliberation having real transcendence. It is important to note how tools of the emerging open society are generating knowledge communities that can help to shape a knowledge society whereas what kind of processes may become binding.