COMMOM SENSE

COMMON
SENSE

COMMON SENSE

WISDOM

COMMON SENSE SKILLS

HOW TO DEVELOP COMMON SENSE

HOW TO DEVELOP COMMON SENSE RELATED TOPICS

CRITICAL THINKING Vs COMMON SENSE

CRITICAL THINKING Vs COMMON SENSE RELATED TOPICS

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COMMON SENSE

Common sense is defined by Merriam-Webster as, "sound and prudent
judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts."
Thus, "common sense" (in this view) equates to the knowledge and
experience which most people already have, or which the person
using the term believes that they do or should have.

The Cambridge Dictionary defines it as, "the basic level of
practical knowledge and judgment that we all need to help us
live in a reasonable and safe way".

Whichever definition is used, identifying particular items of
knowledge as "common sense" is difficult. Philosophers may
choose to avoid using the phrase when using precise language.
But common sense remains a perennial topic in epistemology and
many philosophers make wide use of the concept or at least refer
to it. Some related concepts include intuitions, pre-theoretic
belief, ordinary language, the frame problem, foundational
beliefs, good sense, endoxa, axioms, wisdom, folk wisdom,
folklore, and public opinion.

Common-sense ideas tend to relate to events within human experience
(such as good will), and thus appear commensurate with human scale.
Humans lack any common-sense intuition of, for example, the behavior
of the universe at subatomic distances [see Quantum mechanics], or
of speeds approaching that of light [see Special relativity].

Often ideas that may be considered to be true by common sense are
in fact false. Conversely, certain ideas that are subject to
elaborate academic analysis oftentimes yield superior outcomes via
the application of common sense.

Common sense
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_sense

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WISDOM

Wisdom is the ability to think and act using knowledge, experience,
understanding, common sense, and insight. Wisdom has been regarded
as one of four cardinal virtues; and as a virtue, it is a habit or
disposition to perform the action with the highest degree of
adequacy under any given circumstance. This implies a possession of
knowledge or the seeking thereof in order to apply it to the given
circumstance.

This involves an understanding of people, things, events, situations,
and the willingness as well as the ability to apply perception,
judgement, and action in keeping with the understanding of what is
the optimal course of action. It often requires control of one's
emotional reactions (the "passions") so that the universal principle
of reason prevails to determine one's action. In short, wisdom is a
disposition to find the truth coupled with an optimum judgement as
to what actions should be taken in order to deliver the correct
outcome.

Wisdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom

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COMMON SENSE
SKILLS

If there's one characteristic every employer wants in an employee
it is common sense.

Which boss hasn't said: "I can train an intelligent person to do
the job, as long as they have common sense."

But what exactly is common sense and why is it so often elusive
in the workplace? Here are the definitive answers (all right,
maybe just some of the answers):

The key element in common sense on the job is the ability to see
the big picture. In most jobs, the big picture isn't getting a
handle on next year's earnings or figuring out the company's
Internet policy - although some jobs do require that kind of
outlook. No, the bigger picture usually entails seeing where
your work fits into the purpose and objective of your particular
piece of the organization.

For example, if you are a sales assistant, your job isn't just
about filling out a salesperson's expense account and sending
it to accounting for payment. Sure, doing that correctly is
important. But the bigger picture is making sure that all the
administrative details of the sales force are taken care of
competently so the salespeople can go out and do what they're
supposed to, which is sell. If you don't have the common sense
required to understand why doing your work is important, you'll
always be perceived as a competent drone, but probably not much
more.

Element number two in common sense is related to the first. It's
being able to see what's missing. For example, if a restaurant
patron orders soup, a waiter with common sense realizes she needs
a soupspoon. Basic, but the "what's missing?" element is missing
in too many employees. Does your boss who asked you to get an
airline reservation need a hotel reservation too? Does the form
you created asking for a customer's address have a space for the
zip code? Do you give your phone number on voice mail?

Common Sense Skills
http://www.morebusiness.com/running_your_business/management/d958350060.brc

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HOW TO
DEVELOP
COMMON SENSE

Smart people do not always do things in a smart way; sometimes
smart people can do irrational things like gambling away all
their money on the stock market, or forgetting to take adequate
clothing for a back country hike in the middle of very changeable
weather. Whatever your background, training, Intellectual Quotient,
or experience, common sense can be learned and applied in everyday
situations. And while it may seem provocative suggesting that smart
people don't use common sense, this deliberate association is merely
to highlight that everyone has lapses in common sense. The more we're
trained to think one way (by our workplace, family, culture, etc.),
the greater the chance that sometimes we allow sloppy or auto-pilot
thinking to take the place of common sense. Common sense isn't a
one-stop-destination; it's a way of thinking that needs constant
nourishing and application, and this article provides one way of
looking at developing your common sense a little further.

How to Develop Common Sense
http://www.wikihow.com/Develop-Common-Sense

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HOW TO
DEVELOP
COMMON SENSE
RELATED
TOPICS

How to Develop Your Sense of Style
http://www.wikihow.com/Develop-Your-Sense-of-Style

How to Restore Our Sense of Common Purpose
http://www.wikihow.com/Restore-Our-Sense-of-Common-Purpose

How to Think Big
http://www.wikihow.com/Think-Big

How to Keep Within Your Senses
http://www.wikihow.com/Keep-Within-Your-Senses

How to Reflect
http://www.wikihow.com/Reflect

How to Develop Your Intuition
http://www.wikihow.com/Develop-Your-Intuition

How to Follow Your Intuition
http://www.wikihow.com/Follow-Your-Intuition

How to Think Clearly and Logically Under Pressure
http://www.wikihow.com/Think-Clearly-and-Logically-Under-Pressure

How to Widen Your Logic and Knowledge
http://www.wikihow.com/Widen-Your-Logic-and-Knowledge

How to Be Clever
http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Clever

How to Develop a Culture of Trust
http://www.wikihow.com/Develop-a-Culture-of-Trust

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CRITICAL THINKING
Vs
COMMON SENSE

Everyone must have a rational, well-thought-out approach to solving
problems. Common sense and critical thinking both play a role in
problem solving, as well as how people regard life, situations and
each other. Common sense and critical thinking, however, differ in
their approach and level of operation.

Common Sense

Common sense, as defined by the Plus Root website, is innate rational
thinking that occurs organically in rational humans. Common sense
involves thinking and problem-solving skills developed from intuition,
natural logic and the human ability to observe events and absorb
information and lessons from them. These observations allow you to
learn from experience and thus to hone and implement sound judgment.
You use common sense to approach and attempt to solve problems in
day-to-day life. Every human being gains and uses common sense to
apply impartial, unbiased and responsible logical decisions

Critical Thinking

Critical thinking occurs when a person deliberately examines a situation
based on his own knowledge and philosophies. Critical thinking involves
judging a situation based on studied reasoning, where the person
intentionally and consciously focuses on a subject. The quality of critical
thinking is based on how sound the eventual judgment of a situation is.
Critical thinking allows for planning, calculating, investigating and
explaining; you use it for situations that require a larger degree of
concentration and deliberation.

Differences

Common sense is, by definition, a sound conclusion. Critical thinking, on
the other hand, can be either sound or unsound. Mistakes in logic can be
made through critical thinking. Critics are not always right, and their
conclusions can be colored by their own prejudices.

Another point of difference lies in the levels of awareness at which both
consciousness and critical thinking operate. Critical thinking always
occurs at a conscious level, whereas common sense occurs on a liminal level
of thought, which the Plus Roots website calls "a workaday consciousness."

Similarities

Although critical thinking and common sense require different levels of
awareness and consciousness to operate, both methods are rational in their
arguments (or, at the least, attempts to be rational). Both must adhere to
some logical form and logical requirements.

Critical Thinking Vs. Common Sense
http://www.ehow.com/info_8538695_critical-thinking-vs-common-sense.html

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CRITICAL THINKING
Vs
COMMON SENSE
RELATED
TOPICS

How to Gain Common Sense
http://www.ehow.com/how_2377770_gain-common-sense.html

Critical Thinking Skills Vs. Intuition
http://www.ehow.com/about_5366144_critical-thinking-skills-vs-intuition.html

How to Gain Common Sense
http://www.ehow.com/how_2377770_gain-common-sense.html

List of Critical Thinking Skills
http://www.ehow.com/list_7340060_list-critical-thinking-skills.html

Exercises to Promote Critical Thinking & Creative Thinking
http://www.ehow.com/info_12314770_exercises-promote-critical-thinking-creative-thinking.html

Long-Term Memory and Critical Thinking Skills
http://www.ehow.com/info_8734421_longterm-memory-critical-thinking-skills.html

About Critical Thinking in Math
http://www.ehow.com/about_4620615_critical-thinking-math.html

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COMMON SENSE
LINKS

Can common sense be taught
http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/05/can-common-sense-be-taught/

Common sense
http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Common_sense

Common Sense
http://www.lessonindex.com/Common_Sense_by_Thomas_Paine.htm

Common sense
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Common_sense

Common Sense about Teaching Thinking Skills
http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ289719

Common Sense and The Crisis
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/thomas-paine-common-sense-and-the-crisis.html

Common Sense and Integrative Thinking
http://www.studymode.com/essays/Common-Sense-And-Integrative-Thinking-765169.html

Common Sense Is Neither Common nor Sense
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-power-prime/201107/common-sense-is-neither-common-nor-sense

Common Sense is Non Sense
http://www.safetyrisk.com.au/common-sense-is-non-sense/

Common Sense Quotes
http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/2548496-common-sense

Common Sense Skills
http://www.morebusiness.com/running_your_business/management/d958350060.brc

Common Sense Teacher Resources
http://www.lessonplanet.com/lesson-plans/common-sense

Critical Thinking
http://plusroot.com/dbook/07Critical.html

Critical Thinking
http://www.snjourney.com/ClinicalInfo/Select%20Topics/Critical%20Thinking/CritThinkBullets.htm

Critical Thinking Vs. Common Sense
http://www.ehow.com/info_8538695_critical-thinking-vs-common-sense.html

General Knowledge and Common Sense Skills
http://lifeskills.endlex.com/content/2general.html

ON THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN SCIENCE AND COMMON SENSE
http://www.freewebs.com/duncanroper/ScienceCommonSenseDLR.pdf

Share Your Wisdom Here
http://www.wisdomation.com

What is common sense?
http://www.explore-ideas.com/story.php?i=3353

What is Common Sense Science (CSS)?
http://commonsensescience.org/

What are Common Skills?
http://www.articlesbase.com/tutoring-articles/what-are-common-skills-277218.html

The Wisdom Page
http://www.wisdompage.com

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