Sentence examples for as a descriptive concept from inspiring English sources
Resilience as a descriptive concept gives insight into the dynamic properties of an ecological-economic system.
Pettit's analysis of freedom has also inspired further work on the concept of domination itself, most notably Frank Lovett's account of domination as a descriptive concept and of justice as the minimization of domination (Lovett 2010).
There are many normative theorists who work explicitly or implicitly with a descriptive concept of legitimacy.
If that is correct, then Dry Oscar expresses a descriptive concept when using 'water', whereas Oscar expresses an atomic one.
Segal formulates the externalist's dilemma slightly differently on p. 32ff : Either deny that 'unicorn' expresses a concept, or allow it expresses a descriptive concept.
(That oppression is a normative — rather than a purely descriptive — concept is evident from the fact that it is defined as an unjust or unfair set of power relations).
'Tree' is an ordinary, descriptive concept based on direct observation.
They criticize the usefulness of the descriptive concept as defined by Weber for neglecting people's second order beliefs about legitimacy their beliefs, not just about the actual legitimacy of a particular political institution, but about the justifiability of this institution, i.e. about what is necessary for legitimacy.
DOLCE is conceived as a descriptive ontology (i.e. aiming at describing in a coherent way our use of concepts, not revising them) based on solid philosophical grounds.
