A role for normativism

作者:Douven Igor*
来源:Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2011, 34(5): 252-253.
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X11000471

摘要

Elqayam & Evans (E&E) argue against prescriptive normativism and in favor of descriptivism. I challenge the assumption, implicit in their article, that there is a choice to be made between the two approaches. While descriptivism may be the right approach for some questions, others call for a normativist approach. To illustrate the point, I briefly discuss two questions of the latter sort.

  • 出版日期2011-10