The first thing that must be taken into account, before giving a concrete concept of what scientific thought is, is the meaning of the term thought. Well, thought represents the ability of the human brain to create specific or imprecise ideas, which can then be transferred to other thinking structures through information.
In this sense, two kinds of thoughts can be determined: one that is the basic and indispensable thought that every individual must have in order to live within a social environment; It is the obligation to conceive ideas of reciprocity and broadcast them to other people, in order to survive in this environment.
The other thought is the scientific one, it supports and drives the development of all technological knowledge and theories that describe the world from a rational perspective. It can be said then, that all scientific thought is characterized by the following elements:
- Rationality: since it comes from laws and scientific reasoning. Reason is known to be the foundation of something.
- Systematicity: since knowledge is not alone or isolated, but rather is ordered and hierarchical. Scientific thoughts cannot be isolated and disordered. They must always be united and related to each other.
- Objectivity: is leaning towards the facts of knowledge, as they are in reality, without any assumptions. Only the facts will serve as a guide for any scientific study. Mixing subjective elements, such as feelings or instincts, is prohibited. Both the researcher and the one who is going to evaluate the research must be outside any scientific context.
Scientific thinking in turn, must also be:
- Factual, that is, it must start from facts that actually arise.
- Transcendent, although it is true that this thought is based on real events, it is also true that it does not stay with them, since the scientist tends to go beyond these facts.
- Clear and precise, each scientific concept must be defined with complete clarity and precision.
- Communicable, this thought is not addressed to a specific number of people, but rather, it is offered to all possible cultures that can understand it.
- Verifiable, everything that arises from scientific thought must be experienced, that is, it must be put to the test.
