SCIENTIFIC TEMPER

Scientific Temper
• Scientific Temper is vague to define.
To measure it on a scale is a complex task.
The term is used with other synonym terms like spirit of inquiry, scientific inquiry,
questioning, critical thinking, rational abilities, and others.
As science represents the enigma of rationality and scientific attitude, the ability
to temper their knowledge and perspective with scientific knowledge is not
straightforward.
 The word scientific temper has gained popularity recently in
South Asia.
The origin of the word scientific temper goes back to the time
of scientific revolution when people started to ask questions in
prominent ways without the fearing the backlash of natural
superpower.
This was the arrival of the age of reason, rationality, and
modernity that catalysed the new social dynamics in the society.
The by-product of this age was the increasing popularity of the
concepts like, equality, justice, liberty, reason, scientific thinking among
the masses.
 Scientific Temper
• Scientific Temper implies
(a). the use of science based reasoning and critical thinking to affirm
the postulation and
(b). the use of evidence backed reason and its application in daily
socio-scientific context.
• Scientific Temper also embodies application of science governing rules and
norms in daily life. It includes scientific habitus, disposition, and self-reflexivity.
• Indian Context of the Origin of the Word
The word scientific temper is a cultural specific term that has prominent
space in Indian freedom struggle. Later the word scientific temper gained space in
Indian Constitution in Article 51(A). India has made it obligatory to its citizen to
imbibe, practice and disseminate scientific temperament in the society.
 The corollary of this injunction is that Indian constitution
abhors superstitions, ill-thinking and pseudo-science.
Though, scientific temper is latent trait. It can be broken down
to other similar characteristics like disposition, habitus, approach and
attitude.
In other words, we may try to understand what other factors
contribute to the formation of scientific temper and then measure and
analyse it for purposes of strengthening it.
 Scientific Temper
Scientific Temper as such is a vague to define. It is not only
nominal term but also latent trait of the personality. To measure
scientific term on scale is a complex task.
It is hard to quantify. For example, it is often overlapped with
other related terms like spirit of inquiry, scientific inquiry,
questioning, critical thinking, rational abilities and others.
However, since science represents the enigma of scientific
rationality and scientific attitude is the ability to temper their
knowledge and perspective with scientific knowledge, the
understanding of the relationship between two is not
straightforward.
 SCIENTIFIC TEMPER

Scientific temper embodies application of science governing rules and norms

in daily life. It includes scientific habitus, disposition, self-reflexivity.
However, the word scientific temper has gained popularity recently in South
Asia, the origin of the word goes back to the time of scientific revolution
when gradually people had started to ask questions in prominent ways
without the fearing the backlash of natural superpower.
This was the age of reason, rationality, and modernity that catalyzed the
paradigm shift in both natural and social sciences.
The byproduct of this age was the increasing popularity of equality, justice,
liberty, reason, scientific thinking in common masses.
 SCIENTIFIC TEMPER

The word scientific temper is cultural specific term that has prominent
space in Indian freedom struggle. And later the word gained space in
Indian Constitution in Article 51(A).
According to Mathews, Indian in this way has unique place in world’s
democracy that has made obligatory to citizen to imbibe, practice and
disseminate in society.
The corollary of this injunction is that Indian constitution abhors
superstitions, ill-thinking and pseudo-science.
 SCIENTIFIC TEMPER
Scientific temper is latent trait. However, it can be broken down to
other similar characteristics like disposition, habitus, approach and
attitude.
In other words, we may try to understand what other factors
contribute to the formation of scientific temper and then measure and
analyze it for purposes of strengthening it.
Scientific temper implies the use of science based reasoning and critical
thinking to affirm the postulation and the use of evidence backed
reason and its application in daily socio-scientific context.
 SCIENTIFIC TEMPER
Social scientists frequently make inferences about the "effects" of
hypothetical constructs which are not directly measured. For example,
only the symptoms, antecedents, or consequences of those constructs
may be measurable.
In recent years’ various statistical procedures designed to help quantify
the relationships among observed variables and constructs have been
introduced in an attempt to increase the rigor and validity of such
inferences.