transcendental object

is an object which appears to 'constitute itself' in consciousness.

. In the non-veridical case, too, a transcendent object appears to 'constitute itself' in consciousness. It is for such reasons that Husserl demanded that in a phenomenological description proper the existence of the object(s) (if any) satisfying the content of the intentional act described must be 'bracketed'. That is to say, the phenomenological description of a given act and, in particular, the phenomenological specification of its intentional content, must not rely upon the correctness of any existence assumption concerning the object(s) (if any) the respective act is about. (Husserl : Stanford encyclopedia : 11)

is the representations of 'unknown somethings' which are the objects we are cognizant of.

Transcendental object the representations of 'unknown somethings' which are the objects we are cognizant of.

transcendental object, n.Definitions

transcendental object