Shaftesbury: Sensus Communis and Humour in Philosophy
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This paper deals with the concepts of humour and sensus communis, as proposed by Shaftesbury's Sensus Communis.An Essay on the Freedom of Wit and Humour. As a sort of weapon of reason, humour becomes a truth criterion. As a natural feeling, sensus communis, distinguishes itself for its immediacy. This quality allows us to judge both, actions and works of art, as good or bad, beautiful or ugly. Thus, by sensus communis the beauty criterion is shifted from the form and intrinsic rules of the works of art to the effects these have on the spectator and his/her ability to judge them. By these turnover, Shaftesbury opens the way to Aesthetics as anautonomous discipline.
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Shaftesbury, humor, sentido común, criterio de verdad, estéticaShaftesbury, humour, common sense, truth criterion, aesthetics
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Urrea Restrepo, A. M. (2014). Shaftesbury: Sensus Communis and Humour in Philosophy. Universitas Philosophica, 14(28). Retrieved from https://ojspuj.repositoriodigital.com/index.php/vniphilosophica/article/view/11496
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