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In this 2004 book, Noah Lemos presents a strong defense of the common sense tradition, the view that we may take as data for philosophical inquiry many of the things we ordinarily think we know. He discusses the main features of that tradition as expounded by Thomas Reid, G. E. Moore and Roderick Chisholm. For a long time common sense philosophers have been subject to two main objections: that they fail to give any non-circular argument for the reliability of memory and perception; and that they pick out instances of knowledge without knowing a criterion for knowledge. Lemos defends the appeal to what we ordinarily think we know in both epistemology and ethics and thus rejects the charge that common sense is dogmatic, unphilosophical or question-begging. Written in a clear and engaging style, this book will appeal to students and philosophers in epistemology and ethics.

Common sense --- Horse sense --- Judgment --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Prudence --- Reason --- Common sense. --- Knowledge, Theory of. --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- Arts and Humanities

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Commonsense psychology refers to the implicit theories that we all use to make sense of people's behavior in terms of their beliefs, goals, plans, and emotions. These are also the theories we employ when we anthropomorphize complex machines and computers as if they had humanlike mental lives. In order to successfully cooperate and communicate with people, these theories will need to be represented explicitly in future artificial intelligence systems. This book provides a large-scale logical formalization of commonsense psychology in support of humanlike artificial intelligence. It uses formal logic to encode the deep lexical semantics of the full breadth of psychological words and phrases, providing fourteen hundred axioms of first-order logic organized into twenty-nine commonsense psychology theories and sixteen background theories. This in-depth exploration of human commonsense reasoning for artificial intelligence researchers, linguists, and cognitive and social psychologists will serve as a foundation for the development of humanlike artificial intelligence.

Reasoning. --- Common sense. --- Psychology. --- Behavioral sciences --- Mental philosophy --- Mind --- Science, Mental --- Human biology --- Philosophy --- Soul --- Mental health --- Horse sense --- Judgment --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Prudence --- Reason --- Argumentation --- Ratiocination --- Thought and thinking --- Judgment (Logic) --- Logic

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“He may have an MBA, but he’s got no common sense.” Assessments like that by a boss can stop a career dead in its tracks. Unfortunately, many believe that common sense is a trait you are either born with or you are not. This book dispels that myth. Through the pages of Common Sense: Get It, Use It, and Teach It in the Workplace readers will learn not only what common sense is, but how to acquire it and use it to enhance their careers, increase their confidence, and take better advantage of business opportunities.  Common Sense explores the use—and non-use—of common sense in the workplace and the world around us. It shows how you can become a person of great wisdom and good judgment by simply learning about all the ways people stumble in the thought process. Author Ken Tanner, a seasoned manager, consultant, and former regional vice president for two major U.S. restaurant chains, shows readers how to make better decisions, how to spot and avoid fallacious thinking, how to better assess ambiguous situations, and how to become a mature thinker with a knack for making the right move at just the right time.   Best of all, Common Sense shows how to teach this trait to others, especially subordinates and co-workers who can and will do nonsensical things unless you help them learn to reason through their decisions and actions quickly and confidently. The payoff? Your staff will make you look good, greasing the way for greater responsibility and opportunity. This book: Takes you through an understanding of the term "common sense"—what it means and what it doesn’t mean. Shows how fallacies create barriers to using common sense. Provides dozens of examples of the application (as well as rejection) of common sense in the business world and elsewhere. Shows how to teach common sense to others.

Economics. --- Economics/Management Science. --- Business/Management Science, general. --- Commerce --- Management --- Business & Economics --- Local Commerce --- Management Theory --- Common sense. --- Success in business. --- Horse sense --- Business. --- Management science. --- Business and Management. --- Business and Management, general. --- Quantitative business analysis --- Problem solving --- Operations research --- Statistical decision --- Trade --- Economics --- Industrial management --- Judgment --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Prudence --- Reason --- Business --- Business failures --- Creative ability in business --- Prediction of occupational success

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For a meaningful understanding of physics, it is necessary to realise that this corpus of knowledge operates in a register different from natural thought. This book aims at situating the main trends of common reasoning in physics with respect to some essential aspects of accepted theory. It analyses a great many research results based on studies of pupils and students at various academic levels, involving a range of physical situations. It shows the impressive generality of the trends of common thought, as well as their resistance to teaching. The book's main focus is to underline to what extent natural thought is organised. As a result of this mapping out of trends of reasoning, some suggestions for teaching are presented; these have already influenced recent curricula in France. This book is intended for teachers and teacher trainers principally, but students can also benefit from it to improve their understanding of physics and of their own ways of reasoning.

Physics --- Common sense. --- Physique --- Sens commun --- Philosophy. --- Philosophie --- Education. --- Physics. --- Science_xStudy and teaching. --- Common sense --- Physics - General --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Philosophy --- Science education. --- Teaching. --- Science Education. --- Physics, general. --- Teaching and Teacher Education. --- Science --- Study and teaching. --- Didactics --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- School teaching --- Schoolteaching --- Education --- Instructional systems --- Pedagogical content knowledge --- Training --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Science education --- Scientific education --- Horse sense --- Judgment --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Prudence --- Reason

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Common sense --- History --- Reid, Thomas, --- Stewart, Dugald, --- History. --- 1 REID, THOMAS --- 1 STEWART, DUGALD --- 1 <411> "17" --- Filosofie. Psychologie--REID, THOMAS --- Filosofie. Psychologie--STEWART, DUGALD --- Filosofie. Psychologie--Schotland--18e eeuw. Periode 1700-1799 --- 1 <411> "17" Filosofie. Psychologie--Schotland--18e eeuw. Periode 1700-1799 --- 1 STEWART, DUGALD Filosofie. Psychologie--STEWART, DUGALD --- 1 REID, THOMAS Filosofie. Psychologie--REID, THOMAS --- Reid, Thomas --- Stewart, D. --- Horse sense --- Judgment --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Prudence --- Reason --- Jui-te, Tʻo-ma-ssu, --- Theory of knowledge --- Libre arbitre --- Théorie de la connaissance --- Hume, David --- Common sense - History --- Reid, Thomas, - 1710-1796 --- Stewart, Dugald, - 1753-1828 --- Reid, thomas (1710-1796) --- Stewart, dugald (1753-1828) --- Théorie de la connaissance