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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]].
==See also==
* [[Descriptive knowledge]]
* [[Normative science]]
* [[Procedural knowledge]]
[[Category:Philosophy]]
[[Category:Science]]
[[Category:Philosophy of Science]]