Making Common Sense : On the Construction of the Obvious from Antiquity to AI.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

North, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Common sense in literature.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2026.

Summary:

Common sense is supposed to be so obvious it can go without saying.And yet, it has been hard to pin down, partly because its contents are vague and inconsistent, and partly because it has always been difficult to say what kind of sense common sense is.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half-title

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

One. Between the Senses and Sense: The Common Sense from Aristotle to Plotinus

Two. Common Wisdom: Proverbs, Fables, and the Sensus Communis

Three. From Inner Sense to Common Belief: Arendt, Augustine, Descartes

Four. Eighteenth-Century Common Sense: Common Notions or Empirical Good Sense?

Five. Common Sense and Sensibility: Mill, Sidgwick, and "Moral Anarchy" in the Nineteenth Century

Six. Moore's Hand: Modern Doubt and Common Sense Certainty

Seven. Common Sense by the Numbers: Game Theory and Artificial Intelligence

Notes

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5036-4661-0

9781503646612

OCLC:

1579265764