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Full Idea
Showing how, reflectively, we can make sense of our unreflective common sense worldview is arguably one of the chief tasks of philosophy.
Gist of Idea
A chief task of philosophy is making reflective sense of our common sense worldview
Source
Amie L. Thomasson (Ordinary Objects [2007], Intro)
Book Ref
Thomasson,Amie L.: 'Ordinary Objects' [OUP 2010], p.3
A Reaction
Maybe. The obvious problem is that when you look at weird and remote cultures like the Aztecs, what counts as 'common sense' might be a bit different. She is talking of ordinary objects, though, where her point is reasonable.