the theory that moral utterances have a truth value
Compare prescriptivism, emotivism
Derived forms
descriptivist (deˈscriptiˌvist)
adjective
Examples of 'descriptivism' in a sentence
descriptivism
A radical descriptivism which avoids norms never worked for any science; nor can it work for the psychology of reasoning.
Theodora eAchourioti, Andrew J B Fugard, Keith eStenning 2014, 'The empirical study of norms is just what we are missing', Frontiers in Psychologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01159/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)