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| Tradition: The term tradition refers to customs, habits, beliefs, rituals or practices that are passed down from generation to generation. They form the cultural heritage of a community, a family, a society or a scientific community and are often deeply rooted in the history and values of a group. See also culture, cultural tradition._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Edmund Burke on Tradition - Dictionary of Arguments
Sunstein I 121 Tradition/knowledge/E. Burke/Sunstein: According to Edmund Burke, judgments based on long-standing traditions are more reliable than judgments of individuals with conflicting interests. >Judgments, >Reliability, cf. >Cultural tradition. Sunstein: Burke's major contribution to the study of knowledge and information is that it shows that knowledge is distributed over time. >Knowledge, >Education, >Culture. Sunstein I 122 Knowledge/Burke: is distributed by tradition in small fragments to many individuals and expands over time. >Learning, >Progress. Sunstein I 124 SunsteinVsBurke, E.: he does not take into account the effects of group pressure on information retention (>Information Cascades). Precisely this can contribute to the fact that traditional moral concepts last longer than necessary. >Morality, >Values, >Cultural values, >Change in values, >Change in meaning, >Society, >Public sphere, >Media._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
BurkeE I Edmund Burke A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful 2nd Revised ed. Edition Oxford 2015 Sunstein I Cass R. Sunstein Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge Oxford 2008 Sunstein II Cass R. Sunstein #Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media Princeton 2017 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19