transcendental ego

Definitions

1. 1

   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.

   • On the basis of such a theory, it becomes legitimate to assert that every human being "contains" a transcendental Ego.
   • The absolute goal of all phenomenological inquiry is pure consciousness as it manifests itself in the transcendental ego, the source of all intentional acts.
2. 2

   Alternative form of transcendental ego.

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