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transcendental ego

is neither in the mind nor out in the world, but is somehow prior. It is precisely that which proceeds the distinction of subjective/objective.

or (2) as originating in atemporal subjectivity, but (3) as somehow prior to the distinction between subject and object' ((Dostal in Guignon: 149)

is the bare rational self considered only in terms of its basic cognitive structures.

the bare rational self or ego considered only in terms of its basic cognitive structures [or forms] is called the 'transcendental ego' by both Kant and Husserl' (Dostal in Guignon: 144)

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