Thinking, Fast and Slow, in the Life-World
A Comparison of D. Kahneman and A. Schutz’s Renditions of Common Sense
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https://doi.org/10.62506/phs.v5i1.163Keywords:
Commom Sense, Phenomenology, Psychology, SociologyAbstract
This article comparatively examines the renditions of common sense Daniel Kahneman (K) provides in his New York Times bestselling book, Thinking, Fast and Slow (TFS) (2011) and Alfred Schutz harvests through his phenomenology of the life-world (Lebenswelt) of the natural attitude. The project reviews K and S’s interpretations of common sense, lays out their basic correspondences and differences, and concludes with observations about their complementarity.
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