"John Coates's The Claims of Common Sense: Moore, Wittgenstein, Keynes and the social sciences is a very ambitious book." David R. Amdrews, Review of Social Economy

• Preface; Introduction; 1. A short history of common sense; 2. Ideal languages and vague concepts: the transition in Cambridge philosophy; 3. Keynes and Moore's common sense; 4. Keynes's later views on vagueness and definition; 5. Samples, generalizations and ideal types; 6. The Cambridge philosophical community; Conclusion: complexity, vagueness and rhetoric; Index.

"John Coates's The Claims of Common Sense: Moore, Wittgenstein, Keynes and the social sciences is a very ambitious book." David R. Amdrews, Review of Social Economy

• Preface; Introduction; 1. A short history of common sense; 2. Ideal languages and vague concepts: the transition in Cambridge philosophy; 3. Keynes and Moore's common sense; 4. Keynes's later views on vagueness and definition; 5. Samples, generalizations and ideal types; 6. The Cambridge philosophical community; Conclusion: complexity, vagueness and rhetoric; Index.

"John Coates's The Claims of Common Sense: Moore, Wittgenstein, Keynes and the social sciences is a very ambitious book." David R. Amdrews, Review of Social Economy

• Preface; Introduction; 1. A short history of common sense; 2. Ideal languages and vague concepts: the transition in Cambridge philosophy; 3. Keynes and Moore's common sense; 4. Keynes's later views on vagueness and definition; 5. Samples, generalizations and ideal types; 6. The Cambridge philosophical community; Conclusion: complexity, vagueness and rhetoric; Index.