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descriptive science

descriptive science Descriptive science is science that explains things by looking backward at what has already happened and describing their earlier stages and observable course.

Descriptive science is science that explains things by looking backward at what has already happened and describing their earlier stages and observable course. In this contrast, it is the retrospective way of interpreting reality, as opposed to a prospective or forward-looking view.

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Drafting source: Baldwin, Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, volume II. 1902 original US edition; OCR SHA-256 b86b5dbbaa0a0b3ecf6c8b0a089a7ca5409b9bac4e6481cba91c99bba16f31bd. “Baldwin, Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, volume II” (philopsych02balduoft:chars-1407000-1419000).
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