Two Faces of Common Sense
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Two Faces of Common Sense is a section in Karl Popper’s work "Objective Knowledge" where he analyzes and contrasts different aspects of everyday common-sense thinking in relation to scientific knowledge.
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| Two Faces of Common Sense canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3304660 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Two Faces of Common Sense Context triple: [Objective Knowledge, hasPart, Two Faces of Common Sense]
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A Defence of Common Sense
A Defence of Common Sense is a seminal philosophical essay by G. E. Moore that argues for the certainty of everyday common-sense beliefs against skeptical and idealist challenges.
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
"Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters" is a non-fiction book by cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker that explores the nature of human reasoning, why people often think irrationally, and how better reasoning can improve individual and societal decision-making.
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On Brute Facts
"On Brute Facts" is a philosophical essay by Elizabeth Anscombe that examines the nature of so-called brute facts and their role in understanding actions, institutions, and descriptions of reality.
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The Logic of Practice
The Logic of Practice is a major sociological work by Pierre Bourdieu that develops his influential theories of habitus, field, and symbolic power to explain how social practices are structured and reproduced.
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E.
Logic of Sense
Logic of Sense is a 1969 philosophical work by Gilles Deleuze that explores language, paradox, and the concept of sense through engagements with Stoicism, psychoanalysis, and literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Two Faces of Common Sense Target entity description: Two Faces of Common Sense is a section in Karl Popper’s work "Objective Knowledge" where he analyzes and contrasts different aspects of everyday common-sense thinking in relation to scientific knowledge.
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A.
A Defence of Common Sense
A Defence of Common Sense is a seminal philosophical essay by G. E. Moore that argues for the certainty of everyday common-sense beliefs against skeptical and idealist challenges.
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B.
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
"Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters" is a non-fiction book by cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker that explores the nature of human reasoning, why people often think irrationally, and how better reasoning can improve individual and societal decision-making.
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C.
On Brute Facts
"On Brute Facts" is a philosophical essay by Elizabeth Anscombe that examines the nature of so-called brute facts and their role in understanding actions, institutions, and descriptions of reality.
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D.
The Logic of Practice
The Logic of Practice is a major sociological work by Pierre Bourdieu that develops his influential theories of habitus, field, and symbolic power to explain how social practices are structured and reproduced.
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E.
Logic of Sense
Logic of Sense is a 1969 philosophical work by Gilles Deleuze that explores language, paradox, and the concept of sense through engagements with Stoicism, psychoanalysis, and literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book section
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philosophical text ⓘ |
| analyzes | relationship between common sense and science ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
fallibilism
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rational criticism ⓘ |
| author | Karl Popper ⓘ |
| containedInWork | Objective Knowledge ⓘ |
| contrasts | everyday common-sense thinking and scientific reasoning ⓘ |
| discusses |
common sense
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everyday thinking ⓘ scientific knowledge ⓘ |
| field |
epistemology
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philosophy of science ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Karl Popper ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Objective Knowledge ⓘ |
| perspectiveOf | Karl Popper ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationContext |
Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach
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linked to:
Evolutionary Epistemology
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| topic |
critical rationalism
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knowledge ⓘ objectivity of knowledge ⓘ |
| workType | chapter section ⓘ |
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Subject: Two Faces of Common Sense Description of subject: Two Faces of Common Sense is a section in Karl Popper’s work "Objective Knowledge" where he analyzes and contrasts different aspects of everyday common-sense thinking in relation to scientific knowledge.
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