"Common sense" derives from Aristotle's use of "sensus communis" He noted that animals and humans share the same 5 perceptual senses, sight, hearing, taste, sm

"Common sense" derives from Aristotle's use of "sensus communis" He noted that animals and humans share the same 5 perceptual senses, sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch. And animals are also able to make distinctions combining one or more of these senses just as humans do.. (e.g., white and sweet = yum, compared to white and salty = yuck). Animal rationality has no place in Aristotelian philosophy so the common sense was posited as that facility that both humans and animals share that unite multiple perceptual sensations into self-evident truths that are not just simple facts but also not requiring logic or rational consideration / synthesis.