Integrated Approach in “Social Research of Science” as a Methodological Problem

Sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK) is a study of science as a social activity, especially dealing with the social conditions and effects of science and with the social structures and processes of scientific activity. The theorists of Sociology of Scientific Knowledge consider sociological factors as influencing all beliefs in science. Sociology of Scientific Knowledge tends to the unity of the cognitive and social factors. This idea of integrity has to combine cognitive, methodological, historical and social approaches in scientific and cognitive activity. The integrated approach allows to consider science as a systematic and holistic object.