... philosophical treatises. The 30 that have survived show his broad range of subjects of interest. Many of these treatises are considered to probably be lecture notes that he or a student of his wrote. What Aristotle did was to write down his thoughts on subjects as he explored them and thought ... 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. Inductive reasoning is the basis of the western scientific method. Plato saw reality in ideas that could only be known by thinking ...

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