Dealing with Diversity: On the Uses of Common Sense in Descartes and Montaigne

Autor/in	De Marzio, Darryl M.
Titel	Dealing with Diversity: On the Uses of Common Sense in Descartes and Montaigne
Quelle	In: Studies in Philosophy and Education, 29 (2010) 3, S.301-313 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0039-3746
DOI	10.1007/s11217-010-9179-6
Schlagwörter	Educational Philosophy; Student Diversity; Cognitive Processes; Cultural Pluralism; Values; Humanism; Educational History + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Kulturpluralismus; Wertbegriff; Humanismus; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte
Abstract	This essay attempts to retrieve the notion of "common sense" within the writings of Descartes and Montaigne. I suggest that both writers represent distinct traditions in which the notion is employed. Descartes represents a modernist tradition in which common sense is understood to be a cognitive faculty, while Montaigne represents a humanist tradition in which common sense is understood as a political virtue. I also suggest that both writers work with the notion as a way of responding to diversity in the world. The paper concludes with a discussion of how the notion of common sense employed by Descartes and Montaigne emerges out of the scholastic tradition and the assertion that both writers are responding to the educational consequences of scholasticism. I also discuss how the reconstruction of Descartes in this paper can provide some ground for raising new questions about the Cartesian project and educational philosophy. Finally, I gesture toward the idea that the humanist tradition with its understanding of common sense as political virtue can provide benefit for contemporary responses to diversity. (As Provided).
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