| 单词 | philosophy of common sense |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPhilosophy of Common Sense P2. Philosophy of Common Sense: a philosophy according to which the universal consent of humankind to certain fundamental instinctive beliefs (e.g. in the existence of the material world) counts decisively as evidence of their truth.Widely applied to the Scottish school which arose in the 18th cent. in opposition to the sceptical views of Hume and others, the phrase has more recently also been associated with the thought of George Edward Moore (1873–1958). ΚΠ 1749 tr. Marquis d'Argens (title) The impartial philosopher: or, the philosophy of common sense. 1798 A. F. M. Willich Elements Crit. Philos. 19 The system of Locke, that of Leibnitz, a species of Eclecticism, and finally the Philosophy of Common Sense, were alternately opposed to it. 1800 T. Carbry tr. A. Valsecchi Found. Relig. II. x. 189 Now if Mr. S. Evremond..had studied..but a little of the philosophy of common sense, and of good faith, instead of Epicurism. 1846 W. Hamilton in T. Reid Wks. p. ix On the philosophy of common sense; or our primary beliefs considered as the ultimate criterion of truth. 1936 A. J. Ayer Lang., Truth & Logic ii. 52 Locke is generally regarded as being one who, like G. E. Moore at the present time, puts forward a philosophy of common sense. 2010 S. P. Segrest Amer. & Polit. Philos. Common Sense Introd. 3 It is not a systematic philosophy of common sense, though it contains significant material from which to make one. < as lemmas |
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