Many of these treatises are considered to probably be lecture notes that he or a student of his wrote. ... This method of study is called inductive reasoning: observing as many examples as possible and then, based on these observations, working out a basic principle they have in common. ... Today, the word means the study of weather, but he used it in a more general sense and included "all the affections we may call common to air and water and all kinds and parts of earth and the affections of its parts....

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They will do deeper research, often challenging their current beliefs to see if there is something else out in the world that makes more sense. ... These type of conversations usually do not end on a common note, and often result in more debate and pointless arguing. ...

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