Sentence examples for as being normative from inspiring English sources

He cites the 'finding of natural science…that our information about the world comes only through impacts on our sensory receptors' (Quine, 1990, 19) as being normative, 'warning us against telepaths and soothsayers' (Quine, 1990, 19).

Constructivism in ethics is the view that insofar as there are normative truths, for example, truths about what we ought to do, they are in some sense determined by an idealized process of rational deliberation, choice, or agreement.

Z-scores were used in the statistical analyses, as they are normative values for chronological age.

However, generic instruments also are important as there are normative reference data and their use permits comparison across different patient populations (Spieth and Harris, 1996).

There is of course an important disanalogy in that models of belief are supposed to be normative as well as descriptive, whereas models in science typically only have to play a descriptive role.

Intuitively, the relevant concept of function seems to be normative as well, for biologists routinely talk about systems functioning normally or properly, as well as about malfunctioning, dysfunction, functional impairment and so on.

There are well known philosophical puzzles about normativity, and these apply to logic as well if it is normative.

But see Boghossian (2008) where he argues that there is a sense in which meaning is normative (as noted in section 2.2.1 above).

Cultural factors need to be considered in interpreting the reporting of psychotic-like symptoms in settings such as Timor Leste, where belief in supernatural phenomena such as spirit possession is normative.

In this sense, the framework is normative as it entails that the CoPKM produces knowledge relevant and valid in reference with regard to the health system goals, as defined by the WHO [ 48].

Yet, as Terry Eagleton says: "Dropping your aitches in Knightsbridge probably counts as a deviation, whereas it is normative in parts of Lancashire".