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‘Descriptive Science’ (pub. 12.05.15-17:31). Quote in M. Bergman & S. Paavola (Eds.), The Commens Dictionary: Peirce's Terms in His Own Words. New Edition. Retrieved from http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-monist-r-3.
Term: 
Descriptive Science
Quote: 

…the Descriptive Sciences […] study individual events and individually existent objects, seeking, first, to describe them minutely, and then to explain how they come to have the described peculiarities.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1905-06 [c.]). Monist [R]. MS [R] 1338.
References: 
MS [R] 1338:9
Date of Quote: 
1905-06 [c.]
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