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<font size="3">&#9758;</font> This page belongs to resource collections on [[Logic Live|Logic]] and [[Inquiry Live|Inquiry]].

A '''descriptive science''', also called a '''special science''', is a form of [[inquiry]], typically involving a community of inquiry and its accumulated body of provisional knowledge, that seeks to discover what is true about a recognized domain of phenomena.

==Syllabus==

===Focal nodes===

* [[Inquiry Live]]
* [[Logic Live]]

===Peer nodes===

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20191209233842/http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Descriptive_science Descriptive Science @ InterSciWiki]
* [http://mywikibiz.com/Descriptive_science Descriptive Science @ MyWikiBiz]
* [http://ref.subwiki.org/wiki/Descriptive_science Descriptive Science @ Subject Wikis]
* [http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Descriptive_science Descriptive Science @ Wikiversity]
* [http://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Descriptive_science Descriptive Science @ Wikiversity Beta]

===Logical operators===

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* [[Exclusive disjunction]]
* [[Logical conjunction]]
* [[Logical disjunction]]
* [[Logical equality]]
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* [[Logical implication]]
* [[Logical NAND]]
* [[Logical NNOR]]
* [[Logical negation|Negation]]
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===Related topics===

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* [[Ampheck]]
* [[Boolean domain]]
* [[Boolean function]]
* [[Boolean-valued function]]
* [[Differential logic]]
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* [[Logical graph]]
* [[Minimal negation operator]]
* [[Multigrade operator]]
* [[Parametric operator]]
* [[Peirce's law]]
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* [[Propositional calculus]]
* [[Sole sufficient operator]]
* [[Truth table]]
* [[Universe of discourse]]
* [[Zeroth order logic]]
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===Relational concepts===

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* [[Continuous predicate]]
* [[Hypostatic abstraction]]
* [[Logic of relatives]]
* [[Logical matrix]]
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* [[Relation (mathematics)|Relation]]
* [[Relation composition]]
* [[Relation construction]]
* [[Relation reduction]]
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* [[Relation theory]]
* [[Relative term]]
* [[Sign relation]]
* [[Triadic relation]]
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===Information, Inquiry===

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* [[Inquiry]]
* [[Dynamics of inquiry]]
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* [[Semeiotic]]
* [[Logic of information]]
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* [[Descriptive science]]
* [[Normative science]]
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* [[Pragmatic maxim]]
* [[Truth theory]]
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===Related articles===

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* [http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Semiotic_Information Semiotic Information]
* [http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Futures_Of_Logical_Graphs Futures Of Logical Graphs]
* [http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Propositional_Equation_Reasoning_Systems Propositional Equation Reasoning Systems]
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* [http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Differential_Logic_:_Introduction Differential Logic : Introduction]
* [http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Differential_Propositional_Calculus Differential Propositional Calculus]
* [http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Differential_Logic_and_Dynamic_Systems_2.0 Differential Logic and Dynamic Systems]
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* [http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Introduction_to_Inquiry_Driven_Systems Introduction to Inquiry Driven Systems]
* [http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Prospects_for_Inquiry_Driven_Systems Prospects for Inquiry Driven Systems]
* [http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Inquiry_Driven_Systems Inquiry Driven Systems : Inquiry Into Inquiry]
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==Document history==

Portions of the above article were adapted from the following sources under the [[GNU Free Documentation License]], under other applicable licenses, or by permission of the copyright holders.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20191209233842/http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Descriptive_science Descriptive Science], [https://web.archive.org/web/20191124081501/http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/User:Jon_Awbrey InterSciWiki]
* [http://mywikibiz.com/Descriptive_science Descriptive Science], [http://mywikibiz.com/ MyWikiBiz]
* [http://semanticweb.org/wiki/Descriptive_science Descriptive Science], [http://semanticweb.org/ Semantic Web]
* [http://wikinfo.org/w/index.php/Descriptive_science Descriptive Science], [http://wikinfo.org/w/ Wikinfo]
* [http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Descriptive_science Descriptive Science], [http://en.wikiversity.org/ Wikiversity]
* [http://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Descriptive_science Descriptive Science], [http://beta.wikiversity.org/ Wikiversity Beta]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Descriptive_science&oldid=51990248 Descriptive Science], [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]

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