| 释义 |
common sense
noun
Etymology: translation of Latin or Greek; Latin sensus communis, translation of Greek koinē aisthēsis
1. : a sense believed to unite the sensations of all senses in a general sensation or perception
2. : good sound ordinary sense : good judgment or prudence in estimating or managing affairs especially as free from emotional bias or intellectual subtlety or as not dependent on special or technical knowledge
< too absurdly metaphysical for the ears of prudent common sense — P.E.More >
3.
a. among Cartesians : something that is evident by the natural light of reason and hence common to all men
b.
(1) : the intuitions that according to the school of Scottish philosophy are common to all mankind
(2) : the capacity for such intuitions
c. : the unreflective opinions of ordinary men : the ideas and conceptions natural to a man untrained in technical philosophy — used especially in epistemology
Synonyms: see sense |