Literary notes about normative (AI summary)
In literary discourse, the term "normative" is used to denote standards or ideals that define how things ought to be rather than merely describing how they are. It serves as a lens through which various fields—ranging from grammar and logic to ethics and aesthetics—are examined, highlighting the prescriptive dimensions inherent in language, thought, and cultural practices ([1], [2], [3]). In discussions of the sciences, for instance, the distinction between positive and normative domains reinforces the notion that certain inquiries are about establishing ideals or rules, as opposed to simply cataloging empirical facts ([4], [5]). In religious and ethical contexts, "normative" often signifies the foundational principles or doctrines that guide belief and behavior, reflecting its role in framing moral and legal systems ([6], [7]).
- [Sidenote] Impossibility of a normative grammar.
— from Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Benedetto Croce - Language makes such rules the rules of the community; writing preserves them as requirements and thus exercises an important normative role.
— from The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin - Mathematics is often cited as an example of purely normative thinking dependent upon a priori canons and supra-empirical material.
— from Reconstruction in Philosophy by John Dewey - For our purposes, all sciences may be divided into two kinds: positive and normative .
— from Thinking as a Science by Henry Hazlitt - We have then the demarcation lines of our first four large divisions: the Normative, the Historical, the Physical, and the Mental Sciences.
— from International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume 1 Philosophy and Metaphysics - The Mosaic revelation is here viewed as fundamental and normative, but, in contrast to the views of later Judaism, as by no means
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Deuteronomy by Andrew Harper - The Sacred Scriptures, therefore, are the only infallible normative authority for Christian ethics, as they are for Christian theology.
— from Theoretical Ethics by M. (Milton) Valentine
