transcendental egos

A form of transcendental ego — 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.

Meanings

transcendental egos1

noun
  1. pluralplural of transcendental ego

transcendental Egos2

noun
  1. pluralplural of transcendental Ego
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