Wijewardene recalled the words of the Buddha when he preached to members of the Kalama clan not to accept an opinion simply because it has been heard often, because it was preached by teachers or respected priests.
The researcher who plans to engage himself in scientific inquiry should be free from the influence of previous knowledge or the traditions and should not be guided by mere logical considerations, he said.
Classicism vs Romanticism
Wijewardene says there are two approaches available to an individual trying to understand the nature of the real world. These were classicism and romanticism.
"Classicism shows the world by means of its underlying form. It proceeds by reason or by laws governing Nature," he said.
If a motor car engine is presented to a classicist, he would be interested in findi