Zeitschrift für Hochschuldidaktik Nr. 1998/3
Salbei und Opernduft.
Reflexions upon Science
Roland Fischer (Vienna and Klagenfurt)
Science and Consciousness of Society
Summary
What holds societies together? In traditional societies it is often a belief in Higher Powers, like prophets or kings. Our western enlightened societies were long understood as societies of knowledge in the sense that this society-integrating function was attributed to scientific knowledge. Today we must rid ourselves of the illusion that there is - outside ourselves - an authority that tells us what to do. We must acknowledge that we live in a society of decisions. Intentional joint decisions require the ability for self-observation. This is how new demands on science come up that consist in developing connections but also in exposing them to contradiction.
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