According to Polanyi's analysis of scientific progress, discovery is rooted in the scientist's personal awareness of coherence among what have previously been seen as unrelated events. It is the scientist's deeply held belief of being in personal contact with a yet unknown but potentially real entity which drives scientific discovery, and there is no way to anticipate the evidence which will eventually justify and support a new idea.
Polanyi, M. (1958). Personal knowledge. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Polanyi, M. (1958). Personal knowledge. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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