English Explanatory Dictionary

transcendental ego

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The conscious self which is the unifying subject of a person's experiences and which cannot itself be experienced as an object, understood by Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) as knowable only by inference, and understood by Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) as pure consciousness.
noun
  1. Alternative form of transcendental ego.
noun
  1. Alternative form of transcendental ego.

Word forms

transcendental ego transcendental egos

Synonyms

non-empirical ego pure ego

Related words

empirical ego
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