Question

What roles do intuition and authority are play in modern scientific research?

Reason, Faith and Tradition EXPLORATIONS IN CATHOLIC THEOLOGY, REVISED EDITION Martin C. Albl

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Answer: In the modern scientific research the intuition and authority plays major roles as intuition is formed out of our past experiences, information as well as knowledge that we have acquired till date. Intuition increases curiosity in people which leads to more research and increase in the depth of knowledge.

Intuition and authority when comes together can make a better scientific research and evidences. As intuition is a processed thought of mind where one can think beyond his capabilities which results into more increase in knowledge. The curiosity enhances the research work, findings rationale to the related topic. Intuition helps in finding new theories by building up inductive analysis.