Common Sense: Its History, Method, and Applicability - Hardcover

Ledwig, Marion

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820488844 ISBN 13: 9780820488844

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2006

Synopsis

This book stands in the tradition of past and current common sense philosophers, like Reid, Berkeley, Sidgwick, Moore, Conant, Slote, Bogdan, and Lemos, who defend common sense, yet it goes beyond their accounts by not only defending common sense but also considering what common sense means. Besides giving a historical exegesis of common sense in Thomas Reid and showing parallels in Austin, Searle, Moore, and Wittgenstein, common sense is also discovered in Hume’s An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals and in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. It is made clear how far common sense generalizes, whether proverbs are a form of common sense, and whether common sense can be found in the common knowledge assumption in game theory. Also, folk psychology as a common sense psychology is discussed. In its account of common sense, this book draws on research from history of philosophy, philosophy of mind, and science, linguistics, and game theory to substantiate its position.

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About the Author

The Author: Marion Ledwig is currently postdoctoral researcher at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. She has studied psychology and philosophy at the University of Bielefeld, Germany, and received her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Konstanz, Germany. Her main interests are the philosophy of Thomas Reid, decision theory, emotion theory, causation theory, and truth theory. She is the author of Reid's Philosophy of Psychology (2005) and Emotions: Their Rationality and Consistency (Peter Lang, 2006).

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820488844
• ISBN 13: 9780820488844
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 157