'Scribere' is Latin for 'to write'. A description with respect to an Environment is writing that aims at fidelity to it. A prescription with respect to an Environment is writing that tries to articulate how to use it. Now, two dimensions of Kant's response to Hume are that of a contrast of Morality as autonomous and prescriptive vs. Morality as heteronomous and descriptive. The contrast is, thus, likewise, that of Writing as part of a Human Adaptation-Of an Environment vs. Writing as part of a Human Adaptation-To an Environment.
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