Common sense is an incoherent aggregate containing any and all conceptions

Evidence

In Croce, the proposition that all men are philosophers has an excessive influence on his judgment about common sense. It seems that Croce often likes to feel that certain philosophical propositions are shared by common sense. But what can this mean concretely? Common sense is a chaotic aggregate of disparate conceptions, and one can find there anything that one likes. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1510

Categorization

  • DEFINE: Gramsci’s definition of common sense as a chaotic aggregate of disparate conceptions — key to the toolkit.
  • QUESTION: What follows from common sense being chaotic rather than coherent for how ideology interpellates subjects?
  • XREF: connects to: Common sense is the fragmentary, incoherent philosophy of non-philosophers tied to their social class — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1502; Common sense is a chaotic aggregate allowing any claim to be confirmed — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1510