Habits, character and personality in Husserl

Abstract

The notion of habit has in Husserl a passive sense, deriving from the settling of acts, and an active sense, which unifies the diverse volitions. In this latter sense the individuality of each person manifests itself in character and attitudes. In order to grasp the traits of the personality, it is neccesary to abandon the scientific-natural attitude, since the unity of the person is phenomenologically presented as being heterogeneous to the unity of physical things. From the personalist attitude come ethical and community life and culture, which appears as link between the person and the community.