The scientific temper

Chadha, Gita (2025) The scientific temper. Economic and Political Weekly, 60 (38). pp. 1-7. ISSN 2349-8846

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Abstract

In the context of the National Scientific Temper Day, the article argues for a repurposing of the idea of the scientific temper from a narrowly defined scientistic project to a wider humanistic one. Drawing upon insights from the field of Critical Science Studies, the article argues that the principles of the scientific temper must be used to examine scientific institutions and cultures. It further argues for the excavation of the moral core, both rhetorical and pragmatic, of the scientific temper as present in a Nehruvian vision of the “purpose of man.” It points in three directions: representational, epistemological, and integrative, in which the repurposing can be shaped. It also addresses the question of scientific temper within the context of the rise of global capitalism on the one hand and the virulent cultural nationalism on the other

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Chadha, Gita
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Scientific temper, Scientific method
Subjects:	Natural Sciences
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Arts and Sciences
Full Text Status:	Public
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URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/6507
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