Ambiguous Weighting and Nonsensical Sense: The Problems of “Balance” and “Common Sense” as Commonplace Concepts and Decision-making Heuristics in Environmental Rhetoric
Social Epistemology 26 (1):115-144 (2012)
| Abstract | Balance and common sense are commonplace concepts used to bring an audience to a place of shared understanding. These commonplaces also function as decision-making heuristics. I argue in this paper that the commonplaces ?balance? and ?common sense? are problematic because they suggest decision-making strategies that strip associated information of complexity and value. Through an examination of theory and responses to interviews conducted in relation to an ongoing project on environmental rhetoric, I problematize these concepts and consider how awareness of the interaction of these commonplaces and heuristics can benefit rhetors and agencies seeking environmental change | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,709 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesMichael De Medeiros (2010). Common Sense. Weigl Publishers.
Joseph Z. Nitecki (1987). In Search of Sense in Common Sense Management. Journal of Business Ethics 6 (8):639 - 647.
David Thomas (1978). Sociology and Common Sense. Inquiry 21 (1-4):1 – 32.
Nick Tasler (2009). The Impulse Factor: An Innovative Approach to Better Decision Making. Simon & Schuster.
Miriam Solomon (1992). Scientific Rationality and Human Reasoning. Philosophy of Science 59 (3):439-455.
J. Moreh (1992). Economic Analysis, Common-Sense Morality and Utilitarianism. Erkenntnis 37 (1):115 - 143.
Gerd Gigerenzer & Thomas Sturm (2012). How (Far) Can Rationality Be Naturalized? Synthese 187 (1):243-268.
René von Schomberg (ed.) (1993). Science, Politics, and Morality: Scientific Uncertainty and Decision Making. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Richard Cooper (2000). Simple Heuristics Could Make Us Smart; but Which Heuristics Do We Apply When? Behavioral and Brain Sciences 23 (5):746-746.
Matthew Nudds (2001). Common-Sense and Scientific Psychology. Croatian Journal of Philosophy 1 (2):171-180.
Taran Patel & Anja Schaefer (2009). Making Sense of the Diversity of Ethical Decision Making in Business: An Illustration of the Indian Context. Journal of Business Ethics 90 (2):171 - 186.
Paul McNamara (1996). Making Room for Going Beyond the Call. Mind 105 (419):415-450.
Brian Grant (2001). The Virtues of Common Sense. Philosophy 76 (2):191-209.
Analytics
Monthly downloads
Sorry, there are not enough data points to plot this chart.
|
Added to index2012-02-01Total downloads3 ( #202,107 of 549,700 )Recent downloads (6 months)0How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
