"transcendental ego" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: transcendental egos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} transcendental ego (plural transcendental egos)
  1. (philosophy, phenomenology, Kantianism) 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. Categories (topical): Philosophy Synonyms: non-empirical ego, pure ego, transcendental Ego, Transcendental Ego Related terms: empirical ego
    Sense id: en-transcendental_ego-en-noun-5WTdjmg5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Topics: Kantianism, human-sciences, phenomenology, philosophy, sciences

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