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Does “common” mean the (almost) same in “common law” and “common sense” ?

WOLENSKI Jan

Dans : SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND COMMON KNOWLEDGE - 2009

Pages : 55 à 62
Support : Print
Edition : Original
Date de création : 04-01-2011
Dernière mise à jour : 24-02-2015

Mots-clés :

Sens commun

Résumé :

Anglais

This essay examines the similarities between the meaning of the adjective “common” in the expressions “common law” and “common sense”. The working hypothesis is that the juristic meaning of “common” could have influenced the philosophic one. The author concludes that “common” in “common law” and “common” in “common sense” are fairly cognate in their meanings.

Mots-clés :

Sens commun

Résumé :

Anglais

This essay examines the similarities between the meaning of the adjective “common” in the expressions “common law” and “common sense”. The working hypothesis is that the juristic meaning of “common” could have influenced the philosophic one. The author concludes that “common” in “common law” and “common” in “common sense” are fairly cognate in their meanings.