Introduction: why common sense matters René van Woudenberg and Rik Peels; Part I: 1. Attitudes towards common sense in sncient Greek philosophy Richard Bett; 2. Common sense, science, and scepticism in the early modern world Stephen I. Wagner; 3. The Scottish school of common-sense philosophy Paul Wood; 4. Husserl, common sense, and the natural attitude Nicolas de Warren; 5. Moore and common sense Thomas Baldwin; 6. Common sense and ordinary language: Wittgenstein and Austin Krista Lawlor; Part II: 7. The delineation of common sense René van Woudenberg; 8. Common sense in metaphysics Joanna Lawson; 9. Common-sense realism Nicholas Rescher; 10. The epistemic authority of common sense Rik Peels; 11. Scepticism and certainty: Moore and Wittgenstein on common sense and philosophy Duncan Pritchard; 12. Morality and common sense Noah Lemos; 13. Common sense and ontological commitment Chris Ranalli and Jeroen de Ridder; 14. The tension between scientific knowledge and common-sense philosophy Massimo Pigliucci; 15. A scientific-realist account of common sense Orly Shenker; References; Index.