What do I mean by calling them mechanisms? Well in fact, "a mechanism is a set of rules designated to bring about a certain outcome through interaction of a number of agents each of whom maximizes thier own utility" (wikipedia). Here are some logical mechanisms of common sense. KNOWLEDGE. We've all heard that knowledge is power, and in common senses' case, The knowledge is the common sense that serves you day by day. When you learn how to do something, and then practice the skill in some way, it becomes reliable knowledge that can be used to guide you. The knowledge will provide a background of the skill, and guide you towards the answers you need, considering the experiance you should have! We get knowledge through perception, learning, communication, association, reasoning, experiance, and education (wikipedia). And considering that REASONING helps achieve knowledge, it is a significant aspect of common sense.
Reasoning is a mental process... Basically, you look for the reasons that can help you believe, if it's something you hear about, or conclude if it's something asked of you. This aspect of common sense is mainly what directs your chioces. When you make a chioce without reasoning, then your reasoning was merely to not reason. What are the consequences, the pros, the cons, etc. There's a reason for everything. Amongst resoning, your believing such, or your concluded opinion, still leaves a desire for LOGIC. Which means that a logical answer is the one you accept.
logic is a serious utility when harnessing common sense. Without useing it, your chioce could put you in an unlogical domain, where you would then relize, and learn, in which helps you gain knowledge. Logic involves thought that involves thinking in a step by step mannor about how a problem can be solved (wikipedia). When you reason logically, your reasoning in an intelligent mannor. Thats also how you raise a philosophy, but thats later.
Another sourceful mechanism of common sense is OBSERVATION. In which is information you recieve through your five senses (taste, smell, see, hear, or feel). Amongst recieving the information, you "filter" it into thought process (wikipedia). Any observation could lead to any thought, but the thought should be analyzed by rational. The worlds greatest example is when you touch something hot, such as a pot on the stove. And even though you touched it after mom told you not to, we wont go there; However that observation leads you to gain knowledge, and aqiure a reliable source of common sense to utilize. Mainly refering to the fact that you shouldnt touch pots on the stove.
INTROSPECTION... A key element in the art of common sense, and maybe even kung fu as well, but probably not! All these here mechanisms, report to your brain. Knowledge is used, or gain when you practice the art of common sense. When useing the art of common sense, you harness your reasoning through logical thought process. Itrospection is a self examination, or inspection of ones thoughts (wikipedia). Such inspection can only derrive from reasoning, and logic. Thats why introspection is a mechanism of common sense as well as reasoning and logic; However, introspection is mainly used with more significance when you lack reliable knowlege. Instead, you refer to your in some cases, more reliable logic and reasoning. And thats introspection at its least, because it gets deeper when observations are utilized...
Thus and therefore, common sense is much more than common if it's used while utilizing these methods. In a sense you come up with a logical philosophy, simply by useing common sense to your advantage! I can see thats its hard to understand, But you must be in the abstract to do so. Any issue you come across can be solved through the art of common sense. Ask yourself any inquirical question, such as: How can I make myself better, and you will use logic, reason, observation, and your overall knowledge of yourself... And introspection would play a bigger role if you dont have any knowledge of yourself, But also be able to expand your knowledge of yourself. And of coarse, all these mechanisms are merly reflexes that could go unnoticed, but overall are utilized when you use your common sense. I can truely find no better way to conclude this session than with this quote...
"To act with common sense, according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy, to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectivly to one's lot, bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it, whatever it is, and despise affectation." Horace Walpole
http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/articles/Ontology_of_Common_Sense.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_sense
"Thomas Paine."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine. Common Sense. 1770s
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Common sense is something everyone should have. But most people don't have commen sense any more. Like say when you are driving the common sense thing to do when you see kids playing you should slow down just in case one of them runs out onto the street. But some people do not have this common sense to slow down and they end up hitting or almost hitting the kid. Commen sense to me is not knowledge it is something you should just have because you can't teach common sense you just have it.
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