Jon, Thanks for bringing into my attention 'maxim', in relation to 'precept'.
I'm not so sure, though, that 'precept' and 'maxim' are interchangeable. So-called synonyms seldom, if ever, are. The relation between synonyms I view as something depicted in Venn's diagrams. There is an overlap, but always partial. To my mind, with precept, the meaning 'rule of conduct' is the dominant one, while with maxim 'a well-known truth (etc), comes to the fore. - I may be wrong, of course. You are interested in the distinction between 'concept' and 'precept', as well as in the distinction between descriptive and normative. I, for my part, am not so much interested in the distinction. Rather, I'm interested in the nature of the relation between these. - Which, of course, are interrelated. Could you be a bit more explicit with taking this bringing us to the distinction between descriptive and normative. - Do you think concepts are descriptive? Kirsti On 13.11.2011, at 6.00, Jon Awbrey wrote: > Kirsti, > > Another word for "precept" is "maxim". > > The distinction between concept and precept > brings us again to the distinction between > descriptive and normative. > > -- > > facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JonnyCache > inquiry list: http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/ > mwb: http://www.mywikibiz.com/Directory:Jon_Awbrey > knol profile: http://knol.google.com/k/Jon-Awbrey# > oeiswiki: http://www.oeis.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey > polmic: www.policymic.com/profiles/1110/Jon-Awbrey --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the PEIRCE-L listserv. To remove yourself from this list, send a message to lists...@listserv.iupui.edu with the line "SIGNOFF PEIRCE-L" in the body of the message. To post a message to the list, send it to PEIRCE-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
