WELCOME

NATURE OF PHYSICAL
SCIENCE
Submitted by
Praveena L
Department of Physical Science
INTRODUCTION
Physical science is a branch of science. The science
concerned with the study of inanimate natural objects,
including physics, chemistry astronomy and related
subjects.
-Physics is concerned with the structure and behaviour of
individual atoms and their components.
 -Chemistry deals with the properties and reactions of
molecules.
NATURE OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE
 Science is an ever changing subject, leading to changes
in our way of thinking, living and doing things.
 The development of science is due to experimentation
and observation.
 Science is an organized common sense.

 Science facts are tentative and open to various

interpretations.
 KNOWLEDGE DERIVED FROM
REASONING
 Man could not acquire all knowledge through his senses
only.
 Man has the ability not only believing what he sees are
true but also the ability to think and visualize what he
could not directly see.
 Example Cannot see the atom, the micro particle that
constitutes each and every thing in the world around us,
but was discovered through scientific reasoning.
III. AUTHORITATIVE KNOWLEDGE
 Human knowledge gets endorsed only through the
authorities who propounded it.
 The expert, to whichever branch of knowledge they
belong to, if they are famous or an authority in particular
branch, then their views will be accepted without
objections.
 For example, the truth expounded by Buddha, Jesus,
Gandhiji, Newton and others could be taken as examples
of this type of knowledge.
IV. REVEALED KNOWLEDGE
 Sages and saints were blessed with divine revelations
and because of their piety, selflessness and moral
authority, people accept them as authoritative messages.
 Vedas, Bhagavath Gita, Bible and Holy Koran are some
of the examples
 Revealed knowledge are considered to be true for all
ties and places.
V. INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE
 Intuition means the ability to understand something
instinctively without the need for conscious reasoning. It
is different from revealed knowledge which is given to
great seers and prophets through divine will.
 But intuitive knowledge is got from within and it is
spontaneous.
 Archimedes got his flash of intuition while taking his
bathe
FACETS OF KNOWLEDGE
 Three important facets of knowledge

1. Participative Knowledge
2. Content Knowledge
3. Relational Knowledge
1. PARTICIPATIVE KNOWLEDGE
 Knowledge about social environment is acquired through
participation in social activities. Activities like
participating in environmental cleanliness programmes,
discussing problems relating to child care and women’s
problem in general etc. provide a chance of meeting
different sections of people and getting direct knowledge
about them as well as developing social consciousness.
2.CONTENT KNOWLEDGE
 Refers to what is taught in educatioanl institutions as
outlined by the curriculum, syllabus, textbook and
progress in learning is periodically assessed by oral,
written or practical tests.
3. RELATIONAL KNOWLEDGE
 Knowledge and learning are related. Knowledge
acquisition helps in knowledge production, which is
possible only by continuous learning.
 Knowledge and experience contribute to the selection of
what to learn, when to learn, how to learn and in this
way the interaction between knowledge and experience
goes on, which leads to furtherance of knowledge.
 FORMS OF KNOWLEDGE
i. Sensory Knowledge
Knowledge acquired through sense perceptions are
known as ‘sensory knowledge’. Sensations are transmitted
to the brain and are interpreted with the help of already
stored knowledge
ii. Experiential Knowledge
When sense perceptions are stored in mind as
images and applied in thinking whenever need arises, such
kind of knowledge acquired is called ‘Experiential
Knowledge’. Knowledge gained from observation,
interaction with others, discussion etc. included
experiential knowledge.