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scientific attitude
level of minimum standards. Although such failures may be due to factors beyond the control of individuals (poverty, poor health, family status, low quality of education etc.) It may be argued that even under favorable social and economic ability, hard work and the attitudes mentioned above play a decesive role in the degree of success in scientific achievements. Another indicator of the difficulties in the scientific attainment is the fact that it took several thousand years and the work of millions of people before science as knowledge and method has reached into its present scope and depth. On the other hand the great names in the development of science throughout the history are very limited in number and they all are regarded as geniuses.
So, science is a serious and difficult matter.
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
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SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDES
Learning, applying and particularly contributing to science are difficult and serious activities. The success
in these endeavours require certain qualities and attitudes beside talents and hard work.
These attitudes include seriousness, objectivity, honesty, tentativenes, systematic doubt, perseverance, patience, curiosity,
and interest. Now it may be asserted that at least some of these attitudes or qualities are valuable useful or even necessary to get good results in almost any field of activity. True. And so they are in scientific work. But
in the field of science some of them are particularly important such as objectivity, tentativeness, systematic doubt
and curiosity. Before we discuss what these scientific attitudes mean let us remember some plain facts It takes years
of formal education before one has some general ideas about science and several additional years of work is necessary before he achieves some degree of competence in one branch of science. And not everyone can complete this education even at the
| level of minimum standards. Although such failures may be due to factors beyond the control of individuals (poverty, poor health, family status, low quality of education etc.) It may be argued that even under favorable social and economic ability, hard work and the attitudes mentioned above play a decesive role in the degree of success in scientific achievements. Another indicator of the difficulties in the scientific attainment is the fact that it took several thousand years and the work of millions of people before science as knowledge and method has reached into its present scope and depth. On the other hand the great names in the development of science throughout the history are very limited in number and they all are regarded as geniuses. So, science is a serious and difficult matter. |
| SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDES |
| Learning, applying and particularly contributing to science are difficult and serious activities. The success in these endeavours require certain qualities and attitudes beside talents and hard work. These attitudes include seriousness, objectivity, honesty, tentativenes, systematic doubt, perseverance, patience, curiosity, and interest. Now it may be asserted that at least some of these attitudes or qualities are valuable useful or even necessary to get good results in almost any field of activity. True. And so they are in scientific work. But |
in the field of science some of them are particularly important such as objectivity, tentativeness, systematic doubt and curiosity. Before we discuss what these scientific attitudes mean let us remember some plain facts It takes years of formal education before one has some general ideas about science and several additional years of work is necessary before he achieves some degree of competence in one branch of science. And not everyone can complete this education even at the |
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