Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: On the basis of own biographic studies conducted between 2007 and 2009and continued from 2013 to 2015 (analyses and interpretation of 70 biographiesand autobiographies of known researchers), I proposed in my article and justifieda thesis that among the main factors dynamizing individual scientific development,apart from intellectual attributes, are personality traits such as modesty.Scientific development is fuelled mainly by values and the related character (orpersonality) traits of the researcher. I also put forward an assumption that scientificdevelopment of researchers contributes to the progress in science understoodas a sphere of culture. The attitude of modesty – the antonym of prideand megalomania is then especially required of a researcher and proves his orher predisposition to discovering the truth and to communicating the researchresults in an honest manner. Modesty also helps one choose an optimal style ofresearch, which in turn leads to considerable discoveries.
Source: Pedagogika Szkoły Wyższej
Author: Alicja Żywczok
Institution: University of Silesia in Katowice
Language: Polish
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2897050275