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>You're just using more normative words Yes, classification is normative. This stupid debate would immediately end if people could internalize what that means.
by hackinthebochs 1y ago
>You're just using more normative words
Yes, classification is normative. This stupid debate would immediately end if people could internalize what that means.
- lukev 1y agoClassification (as used by real science) is descriptive, which is the opposite of normative.
- hackinthebochs 1y agoNope. The goal of biology is to understand, which means understanding functions, purpose, goal directedness of organisms. These are teleological, i.e. normative concepts. Since we can understand when biology goes wrong, we can understand what it means for it to go right. Biology as a science is infused with normativity. This is why we say the human species has 10 fingers and 10 toes, not 9.99999. Classification is normative. See teleology in biology for more on this[1] [1] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/teleology-biology/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/teleology-biology/