Ferrier, Common Sense and Consciousness

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Keefe
Keyword(s):  
Modern Philosophy ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Interesting Aspect ◽  
Philosophical Inquiry ◽  
Distinctive Aspect ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Sense Philosophy ◽  
British Idealism ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
The Relationship

James Frederick Ferrier developed his philosophy from a common sense background. However, his rejection of common sense philosophy in particular and Enlightenment philosophy in general results in the development of a system of idealism. In his series of lectures ‘An Introduction to the Philosophy of Consciousness - Parts I to VII’, which appeared in Blackwoods Magazine (1838–39), he outlines the problem with modern philosophy and argues that philosophy should follow a new direction. In his view, the most peculiar and interesting aspect of humanity is consciousness. He contends that the attempt to develop a ‘science of man’ is impossible because it transforms a person into an object of study and thereby fails to capture the most distinctive aspect of humanity, namely, consciousness. According to Ferrier, philosophy should be an extension of consciousness itself; it is: ‘consciousness sublimed’. This paper will outline the central arguments in ‘An Introduction to the Philosophy of Consciousness’ and show that an early example of British idealism was not only developed out of the common sense tradition but shares with common sense philosophy a focus on the immediate evidence of consciousness, placing the relationship between thought and world at the centre of philosophical inquiry.

scholarly journals A crítica de Gilbert Keith Chesterton à filosofia moderna a partir da filosofia do senso comum

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adson Da Silva Muniz ◽  
José Francisco Dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Modern Philosophy ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
The Common ◽  
Philosophical Realism ◽  
Common Sense Philosophy

O presente artigo busca compreender a crítica de Gilbert Keith Chesterton à filosofia moderna a partir da filosofia do senso comum. Para tal intento, primeiramente é apresentado o realismo filosófico segundo Chesterton. Em seguida, se descreve o abandono dos primeiros princípios filosóficos pela filosofia moderna e suas consequências para a sanidade mental do homem. Enfim, explicita-se a defesa da filosofia do senso comum como meio para se chegar a uma visão verdadeira da realidade. Para a construção de tal pesquisa, as principais fontes bibliográficas utilizadas foram os livros Hereges, Ortodoxia e Chesterton e o Universo, bem como obras de comentadores e estudiosos. Com a pesquisa se espera um aprofundamento no pensamento de G. K. Chesterton e na sua proposta de retorno à filosofia do senso comum, como sendo uma filosofia capaz de devolver ao homem a sanidade mental.Palavras-chave: Chesterton. Realismo. Senso comum.Abstract: The present article consists on investigation that, through bibliographic exploratory method, searches to comprehend the Gilbert Keith Chesterton’s critic to the modern philosophy from the common sense philosophy. For this intent, firstly is presented the philosophical realism according to Gilbert Keith Chesterton. After, it described the abandonment of the first philosophical principles by the modern philosophy and its consequences to the man’s mental sanity. Finally, it will be explicated (ou “exemplified”) the defense of the common sense philosophy as way to become a truly vision of reality, according to Chesterton. To the construction of this research, the main bibliographic sources used was the books: Hereges, Ortodoxia and Chesterton e o Universo, as well commentators works and students of the G. K. Chesterton’s thinking. With the research is waited a deepening in the Chesterton’s thinking in his proposal of return to the common sense philosophy, as a philosophy capable to give back to the man his mental sanity.Keywords: Chesterton. Realism. Common sense.

Using the Common Sense Model of Self-Regulation to Understand the Relationship Between Symptom Reporting and Trait Negative Affect

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 989-994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa M. McAndrew ◽  
Pablo A. Mora ◽  
Karen S. Quigley ◽  
Elaine A. Leventhal ◽  
Howard Leventhal
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Symptom Reporting ◽  
Common Sense Model ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sense Model

A Change for the Better

2020 ◽  
pp. 220-246
Author(s):  
Hsueh M. Qu
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Treatise Of Human Nature ◽  
Human Understanding ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Sense Philosophy ◽  
Contemporary Epistemology ◽  
Epistemological Framework ◽  
Internalist Reliabilism

This chapter makes the case that Hume’s epistemological framework in the Enquiry concerning Human Understanding is superior to that of the Treatise of Human Nature. First, the framework of EHU 12 has strong parallels to contemporary epistemology, in contrast to the Title Principle from THN 1.4.7.11. In particular, aspects of this framework have affinities with Wright-style conservatism, and Steup’s internalist reliabilism. Second, this framework avoids the weaknesses that afflicted the Title Principle: it has adequate foundation, is able to satisfactorily reject superstition, and is founded on truth. Third, unlike its analogue in the Treatise, the epistemological framework of the Enquiry is able to offer a ‘compleat answer’ to Reid and Beattie by denying the common-sense philosophy that is the fundamental basis of their critiques of his philosophy.

Metaphysics, Moral Sense, and the Pragmatism of the Law

2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanna L. Blumenthal
Keyword(s):  
Common Sense ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
American Constitution ◽  
Brain Sciences ◽  
Philosophical Standpoint ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Sense Philosophy

The authors of these insightful and stimulating commentaries all express skepticism about the role I assign to the Scottish Common Sense philosophy in my historical analysis, though their reasons for doing so are strikingly at odds with each other. Sarah Seo and John Witt concede the importance of the Common Sense philosophy at a theoretical level, even as they call attention to certain “competitor theories” of human nature, noting that these darker views of the self may have proved more influential in the framing of the American constitution. However, they go on to contend that all of this philosophizing about the human mind was actually of little consequence in the everyday adjudication of civil and criminal liability, as judges found more practical means of resolving “the otherwise intractable questions of moral responsibility” left unanswered by the Scottish philosophy. John Mikhail, by contrast, appears to be far more sanguine about the tractability of these questions, from a philosophical standpoint, going so far as to suggest that they were more or less resolved by British moralists before the Scottish Common Sense school even came into being. What truly set the Common Sense philosophers apart from their predecessors, and ought to determine their place in this history of ideas, Mikhail concludes, was the manner in which they contributed to the scientific process of tracing out the inner structure and innate capacities of “the moral mind”—a topic that is currently of intense interest in the cognitive and brain sciences.

scholarly journals A Scoping Review of Stress Beliefs: Literature Integration, Measurement Issues, and Theoretical Concerns

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (8) ◽  
pp. 595-610
Author(s):  
Christopher J Kilby ◽  
Kerry A Sherman ◽  
Viviana M Wuthrich
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
Study Quality ◽  
Common Sense Model ◽  
The Common ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sense Model

Abstract Background Individual stress beliefs are associated with stress-related behavioral responses and health consequences. The Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation may help in understanding the role of stress beliefs in these behavioral responses and consequences. Purpose To synthesize empirical studies exploring the relationship between stress beliefs and stress-related behavioral responses and health consequences using the Common-Sense Model as a guiding framework. Methods Peer-reviewed journal articles on stress beliefs in PsycArticles, PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus, and Sociological Abstracts were included if they were in English, reported on adult humans. Nineteen of the 1,972 unique articles reporting on 24 studies met inclusion criteria. Study quality was assessed with existing reporting criteria. Results Four of the five Common-Sense Model representations were included across the review studies, namely Identity, Cause, Consequences, and Control. Consequences and Control-related stress beliefs are associated with stress-based health and behavioral outcomes. One study explored Identity-related stress beliefs with health outcomes, reporting no relationship. No study assessed the relationship between Cause-related stress beliefs and behaviors or health outcomes. No study has explored any aspect of Timeline-related stress beliefs. Study quality ranged from very low to very high. Conclusions There is limited evidence exploring stress-related beliefs and behaviors and health outcomes. According to the Common-Sense Model, the Timeline representations remains to be investigated in the stress context, and Identity and Cause are under-researched. This review highlights future directions for stress beliefs research.

scholarly journals Nathaniel William Taylor and Thomas Reid: Scottish common-sense philosophy's impact upon the formation of New Haven theology in Antebellum America

2005 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-82
Author(s):  
Michael W. DeLashmutt
Keyword(s):  
Common Sense ◽  
Great Awakening ◽  
New Haven ◽  
Second Great Awakening ◽  
Thomas Reid ◽  
Antebellum America ◽  
Mass Conversion ◽  
Common Sense Philosophy ◽  
New Haven Theology ◽  
The Relationship

This paper will examine the relationship between Scottish common-sense philosophy and the formation of New Haven Theology. It will be illustrated that Nathaniel William Taylor's adaptations of orthodox Calvinism (particularly the doctrines of election and predestination and total depravity) relied heavily upon the principles of common-sense philosophy found in the work of Thomas Reid. Furthermore, it will be argued that Taylor's adaptation of Calvinism was a necessary accommodation to the phenomenon of mass conversion and evangelism during the Second Great Awakening.

scholarly journals The Border River Phenomenon: the Example of the River Mura

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko Zajc
Keyword(s):  
Common Sense ◽  
Anthropogenic Effects ◽  
Historical Structures ◽  
River Bed ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Relationship

The Author analyses two long-term aspects of the border river phenomenon with the example of the river Mura: a) the relationship between the river bed, the boundaryline, and the anthropogenic effects on the river; b) discovering the historical structures through the perspective of border disputes. The "common sense" ideas about border rivers imply that the river bed and the boundaryline usually match. However, in the actual landscape and cartographic representations, the differences between these elements can be significant.

scholarly journals Virtual ou não: eis a questão! – conceitos fundamentais para a (des) construção de um museu dito “virtual”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zamana Brisa
Keyword(s):  
Common Sense ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Large Network ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
The Common ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Digital Cultures

This study addresses some of the ideas developed in the Master's dissertation entitled "Museum of the High Sertão of Bahia: dialogues between museum of territory and digital cultures" in which it is argued that Museology entails a multidisciplinary approach on memory and heritage. Therefore, the museum, which is also and especially the object of study of Museology, for all that it is, must attend to the growing discourse of digital cultures. In this scenario, the Internet, a fruitful mode of communication, has reshaped the structural bases of the so-called digital culture expressed in a large network of connections in "nodes" that intertwine in what can be called cyberspace. And due to social and technological changes, it is proposed the dialogue between new ICTs and museums, highlighting the similarities and intercessions that may contribute or reflect positively to possible changes in society. It is known that common sense that limits or falsely and mistakenly associates the virtual way of doing something eminently linked to the Internet or lack of materiality. However, the term "virtual" as "power" has almost nothing to do with the common sense. Keywords: museology, virtual, digital, common sense.

Buffier, Claude (1661–1737)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Manns
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
External World ◽  
Inner Experience ◽  
Thomas Reid ◽  
External Reality ◽  
The Common ◽  
Early Eighteenth Century ◽  
Common Sense Philosophy

A French Jesuit who flourished in the early eighteenth century, Buffier developed an outlook that he referred to as common-sense philosophy. While deeply influenced by the philosophies of Descartes and Locke, he saw their reliance on the testimony of inner experience to be conducive to scepticism concerning the external world. In reaction to this, he sought to establish the irrevocable claims of various ‘first truths’, which pointed towards external reality and qualified it in various respects. His work anticipates certain themes that surfaced later in the common-sense philosophy of Thomas Reid.

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