Some subjects we speak about philosophically have embedded
meaning depending on our choice of words. It is a characteristic
of English that causation, essense, qualia and such are embedded
within the words we choose to use. Now you may wish to quality
this as linguistics, but rather, it *is* philosophy; it is
Philosophy of the nature of Language/its influence/its shaping -
take your pick but it's in the realm of Theory, which is the
realm of Philosophy. -ive having the nature of
Consider that within the language itself, -ive ending has a
built-in definition where something can be "of its own nature".
Apples are applive because they have the nature of apples. We
don't generally speak that way but we can. We tend to say
"applish" - which would be "having the quality of" "Nature of"
vs "quality of". Essence vs appearance. Impetus or causation
would fall under the -ive class. Emotive. Having the nature of
emotions. To emote. Constructive. Having the nature of
construction. To construct. Interestingly is the word Objective.
Object has several meanings: I'll use one. You can choose
others. "a person or thing to which a specified action or
feeling is directed. "disease became the object of
investigation" Objective implies having the "nature of something
which directs actions towards people or things". From Latin,
"ob: In the way of" "jecere: to throw". To be objective is to
throw AWAY from self AT something else. The separation of self
and other is necessary for the process of throwing to take
place. It was in in Middle Ages Latin that an object could be "A
THING PRESENTED TO THE MIND". Notice the separation between
thing and mind. The subject is always implied in object: a thing
external to the thinking mind or subject. The self is not
examined in objective. But it is ever-present and oddly
dismissed, considering there can be no objective without
subject.
