Descriptive Predicate

A Descriptive Predicate is a Predicate that ...

• Example(s):
  • "is red".
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Normative Predicate.
• See: Descriptive Statement, Descriptive Analysis, Descriptive Ethics.

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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

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