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OverviewWhat might common sense be? Is it a mental capacity? Or does it consist of just truisms and precepts? If the latter is the case, is this knowledge innate or empirical? Or is it like “human nature”—a term that has played its role in rhetoric, but that does not appear to have a definite, agreed-upon meaning? Indeed we can learn a great deal about some of the most influential modern philosophers, from the Enlightenment to Ludwig Wittgenstein and W.V.O. Quine, by examining what they have to say about common sense, whilst the anthropologist Clifford Geertz observed that common sense “has become a central category, almost the central category, in a wide range of modern philosophical systems.” This book investigates the nature of common sense through a selection of key writings on epistemology, the philosophy of science, the philosophy of religion, meta-ethics and the philosophy of economics and political philosophy. The authors included are representative of the Scottish School, such as David Hume, the Ordinary Language School, and members of the Analytic tradition, including Karl Popper, but they also incorporate thinkers like John Dewey from the American pragmatist tradition, the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci, recent popular writers on economics, and even pamphleteers, from Thomas Paine to contemporary engaged journalists. This is the first reader to provide such a comprehensive overview of the central writings on common sense. It features review questions and further reading lists at the end of each section. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Markar Melkonian (California State University Northridge, USA)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9781350073739ISBN 10: 1350073733 Pages: 360 Publication Date: 09 January 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contentsacknowledgements Preface: What This Reader Is (Not) About General Introduction: Paradoxes of Plain Thinking Part One: Anti-Skeptical Introduction i) An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense (1764) Thomas Reid ii) A Defense of Common Sense (1925) G.E. Moore iii) From On Certainty (1951) Ludwig Wittgenstein iv) The Plain Truth about Common Sense (1995) Mark Kingwell v) Philosophy and Ordinary Experience (1999) Stanley Rosen Part Two: Common Sense and Science Introduction i) Common Sense and Science (1948) John Dewey ii) The Scope and Language of Science (1955) W.V.O. Quine iii) Two Faces of Common Sense (1973) Karl R. Popper iv) Why Scientists Shouldn't Be Surprised by the Popularity of Intelligent Design (2006) Scott O. Lilienfeld Part Three: Common Sense and Religion Introduction i) A Cosmological Argument for the Existence of God (1705) Samuel Clarke ii) Good Sense without God (1772) Baron d'Holbach iii)From Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (Completed 1776) David Hume iv) Is Belief in God Properly Basic? (1981) Alvin Plantinga Part Four: Common Sense and Morality Introduction i)The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) Adam Smith ii)Methods of Ethics (1874) Henry Sidgwick iii)Ethics and Common Sense (1986) Marcus G. Singer iv)Common-Sense Morality and Utilitarianism (1992) J. Moreh Part Five: Common Sense and Economics Introduction i)From Principles of Political Economy (1848) John Stuart Mill ii) Corporate Social Responsibility and Income Inequality (2005, 2006) Gary Becker and Richard A. Posner iii) Common Sense and the Depoliticization of the Economic (2008) Jacinda Swanson iv) Common-Sense Neoliberalism (2013) Stuart Hall and Alan O'Shea Part Six: Nothing More Political Introduction i)From Common Sense (January, 1776) Thomas Paine ii)From Plain Truth (March, 1776) Lt. Col. James Chalmers iii)The Study of Philosophy (after 1926) Antonio Gramsci iv) Inherit the Whirlwind (2004, 2005) Thomas Frank bibliography indexReviewsThe range of this collection is considerable. There are no similar anthologies available, and this one provides an excellent overview of some of the key issues and texts that take up the epistemological status of common sense either by itself or in relation to politics, economics and the sciences. * Sophia Rosenfeld, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania, USA and author of Common Sense: A Political History * A wide-ranging survey of different understandings of 'common sense' that will be a valuable resource for all those interested in mapping this slippery concept. The texts in the volume are supplemented with detailed introductions that place the readings in their historical and intellectual context. Both students and researchers will find the reader accessible and of great value. A useful overview of some of the key issues and texts that take up the epistemological status of common sense either by itself or in relation to disciplines ranging from the natural and physical sciences to economics and politics. * Sophia Rosenfeld, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania, USA * The range of this collection is considerable. There are no similar anthologies available, and this one provides an excellent overview of some of the key issues and texts that take up the epistemological status of common sense either by itself or in relation to politics, economics and the sciences. * Sophia Rosenfeld, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania, USA and author of Common Sense: A Political History * A wide-ranging survey of different understandings of ‘common sense’ that will be a valuable resource for all those interested in mapping this slippery concept. -- Kate Crehan, Professor Emerita, City University of New York, USA The texts in the volume are supplemented with detailed introductions that place the readings in their historical and intellectual context. Both students and researchers will find the reader accessible and of great value. -- Marcus E. Green, Instructor in Political Science, Pasadena City College, USA Author InformationMarkar Melkonian is Lecturer in Philosophy, California State University, USA Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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