Abstract

The search for creative and holistic solutions favorable to the resolution of complex problems that underlie an interconnected world governed by Information and Communication Technologies ICT have stimulated the emergence of approaches with an emphasis on the integration of knowledge that represents scientific thought in the age of knowledge This article aims to analyze the foundations of scientific thought in the age of knowledge and its practical implications in research It is based on the integrationist epistemological approaches to research Connectivism System and Complex Thought proposed according to the theoretical criteria of Boh rquez 2020 Boh rquez Cabarcas and vila 2020 Mart nez 2012 Fidias 2012 Corbetta 2010 Bernal 2010 Hurtado 2010 Barreras 2010 Siemens 2004 among others It represents the product of a qualitative - interpretive investigation of documentary review guided by methods and techniques inherent to documentary analysis and hermeneutics The results warn that in the era of knowledge an integrationist scientific thought has been configured based on the resignification of the concept of social science which assigns a holistic character to research It is concluded that the adoption of this thought has originated a set of practical implications in the research processes and methods that currently has the support of the world scientific community among them the following stand out 1 Plurality of methods 2 Complementarity of methods 3 Synergistic work cooperation collaboration between researchers scientific communities and research centers and 5 Organization of the investigative work in plans programs and projects