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copy text from [http://www.opencycle.net/ OpenCycle] of which Jon Awbrey is the sole author
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]]
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