ABSTRACT
In this chapter a positive proposal is put for an interpersonal theory of the self, based on the development of the transcendental theme established in preceding chapters.
What will be proposed is a form of transformed transcendental synthesis of selves, based on imagination, incorporating previous discussion and some further insights from Wittgenstein and Kant's last works. The self is to be established via a transformed transcendental reflection on the diverse selves that we present in concrete situations and the constitutive conditions required for those situations. The positive theory offered argues that certain conditions have to be met in order for an interpersonal theory of the self to be established. These conditions are the cognitive capacities required for language use and the conditions of freedom and imagination, which must be added to interpersonal theory in order to complete a theory of the self. Such a theory will be adequate to support communicative theory and accommodate an expressive component that would meet Taylor's objections to communicative theory.
