Common sense is anchor
We live, love, and learn by metaphor. ‘Common sense is anchor’ is, I am convinced, a useful metaphor for learning.
In what sense is common sense an anchor?
An anchor keeps us steady when we just want to lie on deck either sleeping or day-dreaming. It keeps us safely anchored in place. It is our security. If we put one out fore and aft we cannot move without a great force compelling us to move.
However, the anchor functions as security only in shallow water.
To go to sea, to explore, to discover the adventure of the deep water and distant shores one must ‘up anchor’, one must dislodge the anchor from solid ground and take a leap of faith, we must learn to develop confidence in our instincts and to navigate by the stars. It entails risk; but what form of action can we indulge our self in if we remain at anchor?
All of this is just to set the stage for stating my conviction that we must put on hold our common sense while we explore a new domain of knowledge. I am not talking about what happens in school where the teacher takes us by the hand and shows us charts and maps about other lands wherein we never leave anchor. I am talking about what we must do when our school days are over and we wish to find a new means to reach another intellectual domain.
We must place on hold our common sense while exploring new domains of knowledge until we have gained sufficient knowledge about these new domains to make good judgments. Of course, this requires that we do ‘due diligence’ when choosing our maps and charts before we set out. Seek out the best minds as your guide when entering a new domain of knowledge and then up anchor for a voyage of discovery.
Quantum Theory and Psychology are two examples of domains of knowledge that cannot possibly be explored while clutching a security blanket.
Do you think ‘common sense is anchor’ is a valid metaphor?
Have you ever explored a new domain of knowledge without a teacher at your side?
Common sense is anchor
Common sense is anchor
i am not entirely clear, what is meant by common sense?
in following instincts there is little time or neccesity for it im sure but surely in taking time to make judgements we need to use common sense.
i think that a balance is neccessary in which common sense can be applied to a series of unforseeable circumstances aka life!
i agree that it can be restricting- in this time there appears to have begun a war between reason and instinct. perhaps we need re-aligning with our more natural qualities or perhaps out of common sense has sprung the series of philosophers which led us here.
is it the common sense of ourselves or of others that needs to be anchored up?
in following instincts there is little time or neccesity for it im sure but surely in taking time to make judgements we need to use common sense.
i think that a balance is neccessary in which common sense can be applied to a series of unforseeable circumstances aka life!
i agree that it can be restricting- in this time there appears to have begun a war between reason and instinct. perhaps we need re-aligning with our more natural qualities or perhaps out of common sense has sprung the series of philosophers which led us here.
is it the common sense of ourselves or of others that needs to be anchored up?
Common sense is anchor
lilly101;699927 wrote: i am not entirely clear, what is meant by common sense?
in following instincts there is little time or neccesity for it im sure but surely in taking time to make judgements we need to use common sense.
i think that a balance is neccessary in which common sense can be applied to a series of unforseeable circumstances aka life!
i agree that it can be restricting- in this time there appears to have begun a war between reason and instinct. perhaps we need re-aligning with our more natural qualities or perhaps out of common sense has sprung the series of philosophers which led us here.
is it the common sense of ourselves or of others that needs to be anchored up?
I think that common sense is our label for what might be called the standard view of reality on a rather superficial level.
I wrote this post because I have been studying psychology and have been often posting an explanation of truth regarding human nature as seen by psychology. A common reply I receive is that "I do not believe that X is true because I do not experience X". An example of X might be a discussion of the nature of group psychology, i.e. how people are changed when acting in a group. People cannot suspend disbelief long enough to learn basic concepts in a new domain of knowledge.
Basically I advocate a suspencion of disbelief until basic fundaments are comprehend regarding a new domain of knowledge.
in following instincts there is little time or neccesity for it im sure but surely in taking time to make judgements we need to use common sense.
i think that a balance is neccessary in which common sense can be applied to a series of unforseeable circumstances aka life!
i agree that it can be restricting- in this time there appears to have begun a war between reason and instinct. perhaps we need re-aligning with our more natural qualities or perhaps out of common sense has sprung the series of philosophers which led us here.
is it the common sense of ourselves or of others that needs to be anchored up?
I think that common sense is our label for what might be called the standard view of reality on a rather superficial level.
I wrote this post because I have been studying psychology and have been often posting an explanation of truth regarding human nature as seen by psychology. A common reply I receive is that "I do not believe that X is true because I do not experience X". An example of X might be a discussion of the nature of group psychology, i.e. how people are changed when acting in a group. People cannot suspend disbelief long enough to learn basic concepts in a new domain of knowledge.
Basically I advocate a suspencion of disbelief until basic fundaments are comprehend regarding a new domain of knowledge.
Common sense is anchor
common sense is anchor...means to me that we grow up with a set thought of rules of life..physics that we are taught and believe them as the only way .
in order to learn and create you must question and test some of these so called anchors and look for new ways..one way is not always the only way...althought for the most part most of us accept them as such...the few great creators in our history challenged our anchors and i am very greatful for their creativity and ability to think outside the box...
in order to learn and create you must question and test some of these so called anchors and look for new ways..one way is not always the only way...althought for the most part most of us accept them as such...the few great creators in our history challenged our anchors and i am very greatful for their creativity and ability to think outside the box...
Common sense is anchor
magenta flame;700603 wrote: So what you're essentially saying is common sense within one culture is not neccesarily common sense in another?
Yes, to an extent my common sense is not identical to yours or perhaps like the finger print we are all unique. We are all individuals.
Yes, to an extent my common sense is not identical to yours or perhaps like the finger print we are all unique. We are all individuals.
Common sense is anchor
magenta flame;700606 wrote: Or do you mean 'common sense' as in the overall persception of the group. As Yellow is yellow, because the group agrees that it is. But what about the two or three in the group that call yellow names by it's hues rather than shades? what is the common persception of the group in that circumstance?
Different strokes for different folks. Thinking and likewise perception is part of reality thus reality is not identical to all.
Different strokes for different folks. Thinking and likewise perception is part of reality thus reality is not identical to all.
Common sense is anchor
guppy;700633 wrote: common sense is anchor...means to me that we grow up with a set thought of rules of life..physics that we are taught and believe them as the only way .
in order to learn and create you must question and test some of these so called anchors and look for new ways..one way is not always the only way...althought for the most part most of us accept them as such...the few great creators in our history challenged our anchors and i am very greatful for their creativity and ability to think outside the box...
Our educational system and our culture lie to us. We are taught by our educational system and by our culture that there is thinking and there is reality and that thinking’s job is to discover reality; never informing us that reality and thinking go together, one is not separated from the other. Reflexivity is a concept that informs us that thinking is part of reality.
There are many theories of truth but the correspondence theory of truth is part of our common sense here in America (I restrict my statements to America because I do not know other nations; however, I am convinced that such is true in all nations).
“Correspondence theories claim that true beliefs and true statements correspond to the actual state of affairs¦ Correspondence theory traditionally operates on the assumption that truth is a matter of accurately copying "objective reality" and then representing it in thoughts, words and other symbols. (Quickie from Wiki) This theory implies that there is a reality and that our task is to recognize that reality. Truth is a representation that we create in our mind indicating what reality really is.
in order to learn and create you must question and test some of these so called anchors and look for new ways..one way is not always the only way...althought for the most part most of us accept them as such...the few great creators in our history challenged our anchors and i am very greatful for their creativity and ability to think outside the box...
Our educational system and our culture lie to us. We are taught by our educational system and by our culture that there is thinking and there is reality and that thinking’s job is to discover reality; never informing us that reality and thinking go together, one is not separated from the other. Reflexivity is a concept that informs us that thinking is part of reality.
There are many theories of truth but the correspondence theory of truth is part of our common sense here in America (I restrict my statements to America because I do not know other nations; however, I am convinced that such is true in all nations).
“Correspondence theories claim that true beliefs and true statements correspond to the actual state of affairs¦ Correspondence theory traditionally operates on the assumption that truth is a matter of accurately copying "objective reality" and then representing it in thoughts, words and other symbols. (Quickie from Wiki) This theory implies that there is a reality and that our task is to recognize that reality. Truth is a representation that we create in our mind indicating what reality really is.