The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Monist [R]’

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, Charles S. (1905-06 [c.]). Monist [R]. MS [R] 1338
Date: 
1905-06 [c.]
References: 
MS [R] 1338:9
Citation: 
‘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.
Posted: 
May 12, 2015, 17:31 by Mats Bergman