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Khan Academy: Fundamentals: Normative and Descriptive Claims

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We humans are a chatty bunch--we talk A LOT. But each claim we make can be sorted neatly into one of two categories: it either describes something or it evaluates something (philosophers call these descriptive and normative claims respectively). In this video Kelley illustrates the descriptive/normative distinction, and its importance, with the use of ample examples. [4:15]

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