Common sense is the sediment of past philosophy, not fixed belief

Evidence

Every philosophical current leaves behind a sediment of “common sense”; this is the document of its historical effectiveness. Common sense is not rigid and immobile but is continually transforming itself, enriching itself with scientific ideas and with philosophical opinions which have entered ordinary life. Common sense creates the folklore of the future, that is as a relatively rigid phase of popular knowledge at a given place and time. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 123

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines Gramsci’s ‘common sense’ as living sediment of past philosophy, constantly transforming — a core toolkit concept.
• XREF: Connects to Gramsci’s hegemony/common-sense vocabulary that the Islamophobia readings will assume; also pairs with the reader’s Module 2 scaffolding on hegemony. — connects to: Appeals to common sense and proportion serve reigning power, not truth — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia: Reflections from…, 84; Ancient philosophical formation built universality from concrete experience; modernity finds it ready-made and truncated. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 1016; The determinist claim of Plekhanov matches common-sense intuitions about the past (+3 more)
• DEEPTHINKING: The idea that common sense is not error but the historical effectiveness of philosophy — a paradigm-shifting reframing of what ordinary belief is.