Outside the Vienna Circle, Popper (influenced by Hume, Kant and Austrian child psychology) was interested in addressing the logical and normative issues of justification and demarcation of objective and empirical scientific knowledge, without relying on descriptive discussions of the psychology of subjective experience and meaning (Popper 1935/1951).
This term is assigned the task of picking out in any world the item that meets certain world-indexed descriptive requirements (for discussion of world-indexed properties, see Plantinga 1974, pp. 62 5).
Scores provided by the test were 0.9 for expositions (analytical), 0.4 for expositions (hortatory), 1.0 for personal reflections (opinion), 0.7 for personal reflections (imaginary), 0.9 for personal reflections (descriptive), 0.8 for discussions, 1.0 for sequential explanation, and 1.0 for an unclear task.
For example, while many papers contain descriptive or normative discussions from knowledgeable authors, little empirical research exists to support their recommendations.
Using an interpretive descriptive design, a group discussion on participant views of the programme was conducted.
Discussion of the theoretical framework and methodology has laid a foundation for the discussion of descriptive statistics and empirical analyzes.
Thus, Mansbridge's discussion of descriptive representation suggests that standards for evaluating representatives are fluid and flexible.
Mansbridge's discussion of descriptive representation points to another trend within the literature on political representation — namely, the trend to derive normative accounts of representation from their function.
More to the point, and perhaps more digestibly, metarealism employs a form of non-visual metaphor called "metabole" to juxtapose separate realities (as metaphors do) without getting locked into the descriptive function that typifies discussion of individual planes of reality (a failing of metaphors).
Arithmetic means are reported for easier interpretation and discussion of descriptive results.
