No, I don’t think I got it backwards. “Descriptive” means “what is” (as opposed to “what should be”). Assigning labels, choosing interpretations, deriving meaning—these are all parts of “descriptive” theories. And here the issue is precisely with that.
No, I don’t think I got it backwards. “Descriptive” means “what is” (as opposed to “what should be”). Assigning labels, choosing interpretations, deriving meaning—these are all parts of “descriptive” theories. And here the issue is precisely with that.