Volume 11, 2011
Concepts of Tradition in Phenomenology
Dorion Cairns
Pages 15-27
Reflections on Tradition
Individual traditions are prior to social or intersubjective traditions, but all tradition involves carrying over of doxic, axiotic, and volitional sense from the past to the present and future. Social tradition involves empathy and communication, while individual tradition is based chiefly on forms of experiencing.