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Reality in Common Sense: Reflections on Realism and Anti–Realism from a ‘Common Sense Naturalist’ Perspective
Author(s) -
Kaufman Daniel A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
philosophical investigations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.172
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1467-9205
pISSN - 0190-0536
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9205.00179
Subject(s) - common sense , realism , naturalism , perspective (graphical) , citation , state (computer science) , epistemology , critical realism (philosophy of perception) , philosophy , computer science , library science , artificial intelligence , algorithm
[T]he wisdom of philosophy is set in opposition to the common sense of mankind. The first pretends to demonstrate . . . that there can be no such thing as a material world; that sun, moon, stars, and earth . . . are, and can be nothing else, but sensations in the mind . . . The last can conceive no otherwise of this opinion, than as a kind of metaphysical lunacy, and concludes that too much learning is apt to make men mad . . . This opposition betwixt philosophy and common sense, is apt to have a very unhappy influence upon the philosopher himself . . . He considers himself and the rest of his species, as born under a necessity of believing ten thousand absurdities and contradictions . . .