transcendental ego
transcendental ego · transcendental egos
The conscious self which is the unifying subject of a person's experiences and which…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.
Meaning
1 sensesThe 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.
Forms
plural: transcendental egosSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedempirical ego