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The GoalI'm not sure that I even know the meaning of'common sense'. What do you think we mean when we refer to something as 'common sense'?" "It's unfair to answer a question with a question." She re- fuses my apparent attempt to turn the table. "Why not?" I try again. She doesn't allow her lips to move. 273 "Okay," I give up. "The best that I have come up with so far is to recognize that we refer to something as common sense only if it is in line with our own intuition." She nods her head in approval. "Which only helps to intensify your question," I continue. "It only means that when we recognize something as common sense, it must be that, at least intuitively, we knew it all along. Why is there so often the need for an external trigger to help us realize something that we already knew intuitively?" "That was my question!" "Yes, darling, I know. Probably these intuitive conclusions are masked by something else, something that's not common sense." "What could that be?" "Probably common practice." "Makes sense," she smiles and turns to finish her dinner. "I must admit," I say after a while, "that Jonah's way of lead- ing to the answers through asking questions, his 'Socratic ap- proach,' is very effective at peeling away the layers-the thick layers-of common practice ...» |
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