History is full of case studies related to evaluation of common sense starting with Hummarabi code to the present day Machine Learning. However, there are some notable cases, which have deep influence on me.
The earliest documented interrogation into common sense is from Socrates Questioning. One of student, Plato documented this method where his teacher would assume a role of an ignorant mindset, in order to compel the student to assume the highest level of knowledge, through
- Acknowledge Contradictions
- Recreate Inaccurate or unfinished ideas
- Critically determine necessary thoughts
- Basic Knowledge = Fundamental Concepts + Principles + Theory + Issues + Problem
- Attaining Knowledge = Systematic + Disciplined + Deep Evaluation
Indeed the late 17th century provided one more important relevance from Benjamin Franklin, who developed - "Balance sheet of Decisions" which is crude form of "Risk Probability Matrix", which we use frequently in consulting.
Common sense has been applied to even most obscure subjects such as sociology, which is one of my favorite subjects. It is really a pleasure to read Emile Durkheim, Mead, Talcot Parson etc and observe how they deduced common sense on complex social interactions. The same concepts have been illustrated in "Art of War" by Sun Tsu in study of warfare, which has deeply influenced the Chinese thought process over the ages.
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