common-sense knowledge

common-sense knowledge

the knowledge that guides and enables ordinary conduct in everyday life. According to SCHUTZ, common-sense knowledge consists of a huge bundle of understandings acquired through SOCIALIZATION, which resemble recipes for carrying out ordinary actions, such as responding to a greeting or using a telephone. ETHNOMETHODOLOGY studies PRACTICAL REASONING 2 , which is how this knowledge is used in SOCIAL ACTION. See also MUTUAL KNOWLEDGE.