On Disposition

Natural sciences define 5 senses as: sense of taste, smell, sight, hearing and touch. But in social life one has more than these senses like:  

Sense of necessity

Sense of duty

Sense of direction

Sense of reality

Sense of balance

Sense of beauty

Common sense

Sens of sacred

Tactical sense

Sense of responsibility

Business sense

Sense of property

Sense of humor

Sense of limit

Sense of honor and so on.

This means social science has senses beyond what natural science defines. In social science this is a disposition: a tendency, a propensity, mood or inclination to act in certain ways in a given situation. These dispositions influence social interaction, life activities, human actions and thinking and the overall attitude towards life. 

People acquire these senses either naturally and/or through their interaction with people. Some senses, for example sense of humor is sometimes natural, sometimes acquired in family or friends' company. Similarly sense of business can be acquired by getting involved in the business field. Some senses are also acquired through formal training. 

Consequently theses dispositions inscribe in the body schema, perceptions and thoughts. These dispositions make up one’s habitus. Habitus according to Bourdieu consists of dispositions acquired through history which becomes part of one’s self: the social in the body. Habitus influences one’s actions, practices and thinking. So whatever sense one accumulates through growing accumulates in his/her body which directs one’s actions consciously or unconsciously. 

However disposition or habitus is not something non-alterable....