The Common Woman

Who's common. Some of us may be irritated by Grice's constant reminder that 'the common man this', 'the common man that'. Cfr. Kramer, "The many and the wise". For who _is_ common?

It's a bit like Danny Frederick's 'man in the street' -- only ... commoner?

JLS

Grice: letter of application to get
funds from Berkeley for his
proposed book, on

'the nature and degree
of respect due from
metaphysical theorists towards
the intuitions and concerns
of the common [man]'

cited Chapman, p. 182