"Specifically, the way that he discerns connections between things, like authors and ideas, that most people would never think to connect.
Indeed, we are able to discern necessary connections in two instances, as noted earlier.
It takes a little time to discern the connections but they are there and Notch, to his credit, found them just in time.
Interpretations in this vein tend to emphasize Locke's pessimism about our ability to know real essences, to discern necessary connections, and consequently, to have scientia in natural philosophy.
Locke does find two instances in which we can discern necessary connections between qualities of bodies: "Some few of the primary Qualities have a necessary dependence, and visible connexion one with another, as Figure necessarily presupposes Extension, receiving or communicating Motion by impulse, supposes Solidity".
On the other hand, suppose that the status of experts is substantively grounded, so that to be an expert is to possess some ability lacked by non-experts (taste, say) in virtue of the possession of which they are able to discern historical connections between established artworks and candidate artworks.
But you don't need to meet someone in the subway or at a bar to discern a connection.
It was nice of the athletes and coaches to recite the Declaration of Independence, but it was hard to discern the connection between Thomas Jefferson and the National Football League.
Over time they will be able to discern what connection, if any, these or other substances have to the incidence of cancer.
