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* Paris is the capital of France. (''A description of a single state of affairs'')* The acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force, in the same direction as the net force, and inversely proportional to the mass of the object. (''A general description of a phenomenon''.)* Paris is the capital of France.(''A description of a current state of affairs''.)* Augustus was the first emperor of the Roman Empire. (''A description of a past state of affairaffairs''.).* Halley's comet will next appear in the night sky in the year 2062. (''A description of a future event, i.e. a prediction.''.)
Descriptive Theory (Sebastien-2016) (view source)
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|Formulated Year=2016
|Description=According to [[Zoe Sebastien|Sebastien]]'s definition of the term, descriptive theories aim at ''describing'' a certain object under study, understood in the broad sense. This term encompasses theories that attempt to describe a certain phenomenon, process, or state of affairs in the past, present, or future. Thus, all of the following propositions would qualify as descriptive theories:
|Resource=Sebastien (2016)
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