10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESCRIPTIVISM»
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descriptivism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Conceivability and Possibility
This implicit descriptivism is consistent with the thesis that, phenomenologically,
primary intensions present themselves as nondescriptive simples. Since
Jackson's commitment to implicit descriptivism is more straightforward (e.g., 1998
: 40 n.) ...
Tamar Szabo Gendler, John Hawthorne, 2002
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Essays on the Moral Concepts
The term 'Descriptivism' was first suggested to me by a phrase of the late
Professor Austin's. He refers in two places to what he calls the 'descriptive fallacy'
of supposing that some utterance is descriptive when it is not;1 and, although I
agree ...
Richard Mervyn Hare, 1972
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Medicine and Moral Reasoning
regard to the difficulties of interpretation, the effect of non-descriptivism is not to
double them but simply to bring us square on to their full extent. It could be, as
descriplivism suggests, that delusional value-judgements are to be understood in
...
K. W. M. Fulford, Grant Gillett, Janet Martin Soskice, 1994
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Relativism and Realism in Science
Now we appear to have our objection to the DA arguments, at least to the
existential and relativist ones: these two arguments are invalid, because they
depend crucially on descriptivism being identified ab inilio with classical
descriptivism ...
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The Development of Morphophonemic Theory
CHAPTER V AMERICAN DESCRIPTIVISM AFTER BLOOMFIELD Much
continuity can be seen in the development of American descriptive linguistics
from Bloomfield to the present day, but for the sake of a practical grouping of
material it is ...
6
Philosophy of Science: From Explanation to Justification
We shall show that this opinion, which may be called descriptivism, is inadequate
. But before this a more detailed characterization of descriptivism will be needed.
There are important differences among descriptivists. We may distinguish three ...
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Rigid Designation and Theoretical Identities
Rigidity does little to get at the roots of descriptivism. Rigidity refutes only nai've
versions of descriptivism; there are more sophis— ticated varieties. Now that the
philosophical community has absorbed the lessons of rigidity, descriptivism ...
8
Concise Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Language and Linguistics
The Semantics of Natural Kind Terms: Descriptivism We may distinguish three
questions concerning the semantics of natural kind terms: 1. the property
question: what are the semantic properties of natural kind terms? 2. the
foundational ...
Alex Barber, Robert J Stainton, 2010
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Contemporary Debates in Moral Theory
If it does, then the judgment is true; if not, then it is false. This position in
metaethics is, for obvious reasons, called descriptivism and all rival metaethical
views are called non-descriptivism. Non-descriptivists, then, deny that moral
judgments ...
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Singular Reference: A Descriptivist Perspective: A ...
Next, I wish to challenge the current referentialist wisdom by showing that a
version of descriptivism can still be maintained. More specifically, I shall put
forward in some detail a descriptivist theory, to be called for ease of reference
Contextual ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESCRIPTIVISM»
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What's In a Name? Great Expectations. Just Ask Your Baby.
... referred to as "cluster descriptivism," an awkward coinage set forth by John Searle, a philosopher of mind and language, and Peter Strawson, ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
Johnson: the original Johnson
That is the definition of descriptivism: Johnson put himself to finding out what the language was, not handing down judgments on what it should ... «The Economist, Apr 15»
Descriptivism, prescriptivism, and assertionism — here, as to …
As I've noted before, while I have philosophical disagreements with prescriptivists about English usage, my main practical disagreements are ... «Washington Post, Jan 15»
Steven Pinker's Bad Grammar
... that correct usage should be defined by authorities) and “descriptivism” (the idea that any way a lot of people use the language is correct). «The New Yorker, Nov 14»
What Can Linguistics Tell Us About Writing Better? An Interview with …
... who don't know about applied linguistics, perhaps because we've so overgeneralized the fear of confusing descriptivism and prescriptivism, ... «Slate Magazine, Sep 14»
Oxford University Press, 2014
Kripke (1980) has argued against descriptivism--roughly, Frege's idea (earlier alluded to) that the meaning of a proper name is a mode of ... «Metapsychology, Sep 14»
"The Process": The Importance of Ethos
All of which feeds the beast of anti-intellectualism. Here's the problem with Descriptivism: 1) It forgets that people judge other people innately. «Anchor of Gold, Sep 14»
Miranda Devine's Latest Column Is Titled 'NRL Bosses Are Totally …
Here's one of the moments where Devine waxes philosophical, snapping off a tasty chunk of truth from the school of linguistic descriptivism. «Junkee, May 14»
Saint Socrates, Pray for Us
One root of the problem has been the ascendant academic view that might be called “descriptivism”: No group of native speakers can be ... «National Review Online, Feb 14»
From current to correct
... this contention between linguistic prescriptivism and descriptivism is made more relevant in the new media landscape with the rise of internet ... «McGill Daily, Feb 14»
