This presentation discusses the concept of scientific temper. It defines scientific temper as using the scientific method in one's everyday life, which involves questioning, observing physical reality, testing hypotheses, analyzing, and communicating. It notes that Jawaharlal Nehru first used the phrase "scientific temper" in 1946. The presentation then outlines the steps of the scientific method, including observation, hypothesis, prediction, verification through experimentation. It identifies some features of scientific temper such as healthy skepticism, universalism, freedom from prejudice or bias, objectivity, open-mindedness and humility.

1. Scientific
Temper
Physical
Science
Persentation by ;
Mr. Md Faizan Alam
Maulana Azad National Urdu University,
Hyderabad

2. What is Scientific
Temper?
▸ It is the way of life which uses
scientific method.
▸ An attitude which involves the
application of logic.
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3. Cont...
▸ Scientific temper is a way of life –
an individual and social process of
thinking and acting – which uses a
scientific method, which may include
questioning, observing physical reality,
testing, hypothesizing, analyzing, and
communicating.
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4. Cont...
▸ Simply a person who imbies the
essence of scientific method in his
outlook and uses it in his everyday
life posses scientific temper.
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5. Jawaharlal Nehru is the first to use the
Phrase ‘’Scientific temper‘’ in 1946
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6. Steps of Scientific
Method
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7. The Scientific Method
▸ Observation
▸ Hypothesis
▸ Prediction
▸ Verification
▸ Experiment
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8. Observation
▸ The phenomena under Study with
a view to identify the various
parameters influencing it and any
casual relationship between these.
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9. Hypotheses
▸ An idea tha is suggested as the
possible explanation for something
but has not yet been found to be
true or correct.
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10. Predictions
▸ The exsitence of some other
phenomena or about relationships
between variables derived through
magic and logic.
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11. Verification
▸ In this steps we test predictions by
performing carefully controlled
experiments.
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12. Features of Scientific
temper
▸ Healthy Scepticism
▸ Universalism
▸ Freedom From prejucide or baias
▸ Objectivity
▸ Open Mindedness and Humility
▸ Preservance – positive approach
to failure
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13. Thank You...
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