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empirical egos

empirical egos is the plural of empirical ego.

Meaning of empirical ego

Noun

empirical ego (plural empirical egos)

  1. In the thought of Immanuel Kant and Edmund Husserl, the self of each person, understood as the locus of personality and capable of being known as an object by means of reflective awareness, in contrast with the transcendental ego which is always an experiencing subject.
    • When he debates, Shall I commit this crime? choose that profession? accept that office, or marry this fortune?—his choice really lies between one of several equally possible future Selves. What his entire empirical Ego shall become, is fixed by the conduct of this moment.1879, William James, “Are We Automata?”, in Mind, volume 4, number 13, page 13

Questions about empirical egos

What is empirical egos the plural of?
Empirical egos is the plural of empirical ego.

Words near empirical egos in the dictionary

  1. empires
  2. empiric
  3. empirical
  4. empirical data
  5. empirical ego
  6. empirical egos
  7. empirical evidence
  8. empirical formula
  9. empirical formulae
  10. empirical formulas
  11. empirical research

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