Philosophy Asked by user87284 on November 28, 2021
I just want to know whether if the two terms "Characteristics" and "Properties" are same or different in science.
If these two terms are different in science then explain giving simple examples to differentiate these two terms
OR
Give examples by taking a person to explain the differences between two terms [For example – Take suppose a boy named Steve ,
who has a characteristic – ______
and properties – _______]
Most people will be slipshod about word use and miss possible distinctions. The term characteristic suggests a quality that allows distinction from other things. Attribute suggests a quality we give to a thing. Property suggest an intrinsic or inherent quality which typically has explanatory or causal power.
A name, say, "Robert" or "Andrei", is typically an attribute.
Size is typically a characteristic, for all sorts of things of a very different nature, but you would expect fundamental things to have an inherent size.
Fundamental qualities such as quantum numbers may be typically thought of as inherent to things and therefore properties.
These distinctions may be seen as arbitrary but they resist erosion nonetheless.
Answered by Speakpigeon on November 28, 2021
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