Descriptive Predicate
A Descriptive Predicate is a Predicate that ...
- Example(s):
- "is red".
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Descriptive Statement, Descriptive Analysis, Descriptive Ethics.
References
2008
- (Streumer, 2008) ⇒ Bart Streumer. (2008). “Are There Irreducibly Normative Properties?". In: Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 86(4).
- QUOTE: To distinguish normative properties from descriptive properties, we first need to distinguish normative predicates (such as ‘is right’, ‘is good’ and ‘is a reason for’) from descriptive predicates (such as ‘is square’, ‘is yellow’ or ‘is larger than’).
We can then say that
(2) A descriptive property is a property that can be ascribed with a descriptive predicate,
3) A normative property is a property that can be ascribed with a normative predicate, …
… Necessarily, anything that has normative properties also has descriptive properties
- QUOTE: To distinguish normative properties from descriptive properties, we first need to distinguish normative predicates (such as ‘is right’, ‘is good’ and ‘is a reason for’) from descriptive predicates (such as ‘is square’, ‘is yellow’ or ‘is larger than’).