This is from Interdisciplinarity, by Joe Moran.
One of the principal aims of theory is the questioning of interpretations of the world that are usually taken for granted. For example, it is regarded as common sense that language is always secondary: that it neutrally describes phenomena, and that as independent, autonomous individuals, we can use language as a way of expressing ourselves and our relationship to others and the world. This belief, which has been disputed by certain kinds of theory, allows most people to get up in the morning and live their everyday lives without constantly questioning the nature of individual identity or external reality.
Most people.
