Aristotle: The Common Sense Philosopher
Introduction
Human beings as well as animals perform a variety of perceptual functions. These include but are not limited to simultaneous perception, movement perception etc. Aristotle saw all these perceptual functions in the light of what he called or referred to as common sense. In this text, I discuss why Aristotle is referred to as the common sense philosopher.
The common sense philosopher
According to Loptson (2002), Aristotle is a proponent of commonsense as he strongly convinced that it is the genesis of intense human condition inquiries. He came up with nichomachian ethics pegged on the common sense abstraction that each action or inquiry targets a particular end. That is, if our deeds have nothing as their target, they would be random just like the deeds and actions of a person who is insane. He mainly concerns himself with coming up with normative philosophy whereby he concentrates on performance and sticking to the norm as opposed to deviating from the norm.In his accounts Aristotle neither questions the world’s realities nor does he question the senses truth. His view of the world is as it is (Loptson 2002). Aristotle sees the commonsense as united with the various senses and in this unity, the common sense forms the specific power with regard to the inner sensation.
Conclusion
It is good to note that Aristotle’s view of commonsense has been challenged by other thinkers like Pavel Gergoric who differ sharply with Aristotle especially on the theory of perception.
References
Loptson, P. (2002). Philosophy, history, and myth: essays and talks. University Press of America
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