Philosophy instruction must progress from common sense through religion to systems
Evidence
And since one presupposes a certain average cultural and intellectual level among the students, who in all probability have hitherto only acquired scattered and fragmentary bits of information and have no methodological and critical preparation, one cannot but start in the first place from common sense, then secondly from religion, and only at a third stage move on to the philosophical systems elaborated by traditional intellectual groups. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1520
Categorization
- DEFINE: Sets out a pedagogical and cognitive hierarchy: common sense, then religion, then elaborated philosophy.
- QUESTION: Why does Gramsci place religion between common sense and philosophy - what does religion contribute that common sense lacks?
- XREF: connects to: Mass philosophy must start from common sense and take polemical form — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1506; Faith and knowledge relations evolve through three dialectical stages into philosophy; A philosophy of praxis must critically supersede common sense while starting from it — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1191
Broader Connections
- Faith and knowledge relations evolve through three dialectical stages into philosophy
#expands(0.88) - Mass philosophy must start from common sense and take polemical form
#corroborates(0.85) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1506 - A philosophy of praxis must critically supersede common sense while starting from it
#expands(0.80) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1191