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The purpose of the article is to understand the results of the digitalization of science and to find answers to the question: is the digitalization of science limited to changes in the methods of recording and transmitting information, or does it lead to a fundamental modification of the cognitive and social aspects of scientific activity? The methodological framework of the study contains two explanatory schemes - externalism and internalism, as well as the position of epistemological constructivism. The results of the study can be summarized as follows. Digitalization gives rise to new means of scientific communication - digital platforms. The platformization of science entails changes in the social forms of existence of science, turning digital platforms into elements of the institutional structure of the scientific community, into social institutions through which the scientific community and society as a whole interact. Within the framework of digital platforms, specific institutional norms of scientific activity are formed and a new image of a scientist is crystallized, including a digital scientist, a data scientist, and a scientific blogger. In line with digitalization, there is a tendency to rethink the current scientific picture of the world; the idea of the Universe as computable information or as a giant quantum computer appears. Digitalization contributes to the formation of a new understanding of the objectivity of scientific knowledge as interobjectivity resulted from the transformation of digital technologies and tools into full-fledged participants in cognitive activity. It actualizes new epistemologies, namely “ethistemology of big data”, which absolutizes the methodology of big data, and “epistemology of domains”, which combines traditional methods of scientific research and the methodology of big data. The conclusion is the following: digitalization entails a fundamental transformation of scientific thinking and scientific activity.,