Scientific temperament refers to an open and question seeking mind.
A mind that seeks the truth and accepts it when it is proved, a mind that is curious to understand the “why’s” and “how’s” of life while accepting that all questions may not be fully answerable.
The defining characteristics of scientific mindset are curiosity, logical ability, objectivity, emphasis on empirical evidence, open-mindedness, ability to recognize self-limitation and an interest in new developments. Scientific temper represents the spirit of enquiry and as such involves the process of logical reasoning. It tries to find out the cause and the rational justification of an event objectively and is free from all prejudices and makes believe.
Scientific temperament denotes a type of frame or disposition of mind which is free from superstitions, prejudices, rigidness, obscurantism, conformity, close-mindedness, irrationality, un-innovativeness, subjectivity and other parochial tendencies. The school promotes the scientific temperament which includes six components:-
- Scientific literacy
- Scientific attitude
- Scientific thinking
- Scientific method
- Scientific perception
- Scientific habit