Descriptive science

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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.

Syllabus

Focal nodes

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• Inquiry Live

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• Logic Live

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Peer nodes

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• Descriptive Science @ MyWikiBiz
• Descriptive Science @ MathWeb Wiki
• Descriptive Science @ NetKnowledge
• Descriptive Science @ OER Commons

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• Descriptive Science @ P2P Foundation
• Descriptive Science @ SemanticWeb
• Descriptive Science @ Subject Wikis
• Descriptive Science @ Wikiversity Beta

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Logical operators

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• Exclusive disjunction
• Logical conjunction
• Logical disjunction
• Logical equality

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• Logical implication
• Logical NAND
• Logical NNOR
• 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
• 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

• Jon Awbrey, “Semiotic Information”

• Jon Awbrey, “Introduction To Inquiry Driven Systems”

• Jon Awbrey, “Prospects For Inquiry Driven Systems”

• Jon Awbrey, “Inquiry Driven Systems : Inquiry Into Inquiry”

• Jon Awbrey, “Propositional Equation Reasoning Systems”

• Jon Awbrey, “Differential Logic : Introduction”

• Jon Awbrey, “Differential Propositional Calculus”

• Jon Awbrey, “Differential Logic and Dynamic Systems”

Document history

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• Descriptive Science, MyWikiBiz
• Descriptive Science, MathWeb Wiki
• Descriptive Science, NetKnowledge
• Descriptive Science, OER Commons

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• Descriptive Science, P2P Foundation
• Descriptive Science, Semantic Web
• Descriptive Science, Wikiversity Beta
• Descriptive Science, Wikipedia

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