what is common sense knowledge?

Answer 1

Good question Cornflake Girl!

Common Sense:
Sound or solid judgement
Example: How do you know not to put your hand in fire?
- You make a solid judgement, (perhaps based on experience)

Common Knowledge:
Information that "most people know"
Example: To which band did John Lennon & Paul McCartney belong in the 1960's?
- The Beatles

Common Sense Knowledge:
To make a sound & solid judgement based on information that most people know.
Example: Why shouldn't you drink & drive?
- Because
* drinking affects your behaviour & reflexes
* hitting a tree at 30 mph can kill you
* you are more likely to hit a tree if:
a) you feel more confident because you are drunk
b) you take a risk because you are drunk
c) you are unable to stop in time because you are drunk.

Answer 2

Common Knowledge or common sense?

Common Sense is sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts.

Common Knowledge is what "everybody knows", usually with reference to the community in which the term is used.

According to Wikipedia they are basically the same thing in the sense that they are both "The knowledge and experience most people have, or are believed to have by the person using the term."

Answer 3

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Wiktionary, the free dictionary.One meaning of the term common sense (or as an adjective, commonsense/common-sense or as an adverb, commonsensical) on a strict construction of the term, is what people in common would agree; that which they "sense" in common as their common natural understanding. Some use the phrase to refer to beliefs or propositions that in their opinion they consider would in most people's experience be prudent and of sound judgment, without dependence upon esoteric knowledge or study or research, but based upon what is believed to be knowledge held by people "in common". The knowledge and experience most people have, or are believed to have by the person using the term.

Whatever definition is considered apt, identifying particular items of knowledge that are "common sense" is more difficult. Philosophers may choose to avoid using the phrase where precise language is required. Common sense is a perennial topic in epistemology and widely used or referred to by many philosophers. Some related concepts include intuitions, pre-theoretic belief, ordinary language, the frame problem, foundational beliefs, endoxa, and axioms.

Common sense ideas tend to relate to events within human experience, and thus commensurate with human scale. Thus there is no commonsense intuition of, for example, the behavior of the universe at subatomic distances or speeds approaching that of light.

Answer 4

Common sense knowledge is just basic knowledge of things around you. You don't jump off of tall things or take poison. If you are a little guy, you don't kick or hit big guys. You respect the rights of others as you would like them to respect you.

Answer 5

Common sense knowledge is things that individuals should just know as a human being. These things are basics taught by parents, schools, society and life.

Answer 6

Common sense, or beliefs or propositions that seem, to most people, to be prudent and of sound judgment, without dependence upon esoteric knowledge.

Common knowledge is what "everybody knows", usually with reference to the community in which the term is used.

Common sense knowledge is what every prudent, sensible person knows without dependence upon esoteric knowledge.

Answer 7

Common knowledge: facts that we assume most people are aware of, such as who's the current President of the U.S.

Common sense: knowing instinctively that something is right or wrong, or that it wouldn't be smart to jump out of a plane w/out a parachute.

See the distinction?

Answer 8

Common sense is knowledge that doesn't have to be learned in a classroom setting.

Answer 9

Your question is neither! Common sense knowledge?

Answer 10

Common sense knowledge is most uncommon.