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  1. Feb 2019
    1. \·e11.m.\· c·o1111111111i

      Oxford reference: "Not common sense in its ordinary meaning, but in Aristotle (De Anima, II, 1–2) and following him Aquinas and others, a central cognitive function that integrates and monitors the delivery of the other distinct senses, as when a shape is both seen and felt."

      Kant discusses this concept extensively, but his definition is closer to "common sense" than Aristotle's.

  2. Jun 2015
    1. idea of the sensorium refuses to separate the senses, to cordon them off into a “ subfield ” (e.g., visual studies or sound studies

      I am tagging this to think about the connections between the sensorium and a sensus communis as a unifying concept for environmental rhetoric and policy making.