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Novum Organum, written by scientist Francis Bacon in 1620, highlighted Bacon’s own scientific method of reasoning that he believed to be superior to previous forms of logic. This method that Novum Organum utilized was called the inductive method. The inductive reasoning method begins with a specific observation or fact and condenses that gathered information and forms a generalization. This new way of thinking spread to many people across the world from all classes and was used alongside the deductive reasoning style of Descartes. Novum Organum depicted and established the new style of reasoning that all people would employ in their daily lives.

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