Modern science and education in the knowledge society: philosophical economic, psychological approaches

In the center of author’s attention there is the problem of forming a modern education system in the knowledge society. Education system should be considered in a context of a systematic method of approach, the essence of which is that relatively independent components are considered not separately, but in their interconnection, in the system with other components. In the center of the author’s attention there is a fundamental problem of the system interaction between modern science and education in the knowledge society. In the modern world, there is a radical difference between science and traditional forms of culture – scientific knowledge plays a significant role in solving technical, industrial, and organization management problems. The majority of people’s fields of activity in the society are becoming rationalized and coordinated. Science and higher education have the same social functions: the manufacture and transfer of knowledge. Knowledge becomes a basis for the organization of the people, a necessary condition of their joint activity. In the increasing degree, it acquires the significance of an integrating factor in social life, substituting traditional forms of people’s association.