The person could be described as open minded or tolerant.
I would guess that he observed the sky and drew his conclusions; and that religious ideas of the time were secondary for him.
Copernicus did not reject the idea that planetary orbits around our Sun were circular.
Answering your own question is called self-answering or self-referencing. It can be a useful technique for problem-solving or generating ideas.
Newton used the ideas of Plato in his work by reading Plato's works and ideas. He then went and passed it off as his own work. Therefore, he basically added more of his own ideas to Plato's works.
Rejection
New ideas may contradict existing, accepted ideas.
Authors are individuals, they can accept or reject any ideas that they wish.
Perhaps you meant "Wegener's ideas".
Every person sees the world through their own eyes, so anything in your story will be different if seen through the perspective of another character. They have their own ideas of what the conflict is about and what caused it.
Conflict develops because of different ideas and beliefs. People might disagree on certain ideas and it might cause conflict.
its not there own
He couldn't explain the force that pushes or pulls the continents.
Here is a sentence using the word conflict: There was a conflict of ideas between the Professor and his junior.
Sometimes people of bad character reject the ideas of others, because they are jealous about not having thought of it themselves.They don't like seeing their rivals take credit.On a political level, good ideas(good, insomuch as improving the lives of the majority) are rejected because they are not profitable to corporations.
because some scientific theories are not true for this advanced world. e.g. the early ideas about phlogiston.
i once had a conflict in generating ideas. she thought her's was best and viceversa. so i had a conversation with her and emerged our ideas.
No. You should listen to your friends' suggestions. Many of them have been in similar situations and have excellent ideas. However, you always know some details about your own particular situation they do not know. So, you listen to their ideas. Since they will have good ideas you will frequently use them, however, when you know information that makes a different way better, you will reject their suggestion.