larger and larger patterns were formed : axioms , assumptions , arguments , counter-arguments , lemmas , corollaries , guesses , hypotheses , solutions , collections , classifications , comparisons , correlations , distillations , generalizations , mappings , models , similitudes , universals , transformations , exceptions , analogies , oxymorons , estimations , confirmations , refutations , analyses , syntheses , searches , siftings , evidence , orderings , styles , approaches , cases , tests , dead ends , and theories .