Frank Kogan

(c) the "transcedental self" is indeed distinct from the (normal?) self -- i couldn't find it explicitly defined (though by then i was feeling drowsy) but yes, i take it that it is the constitutive but to us hidden underlying operation which allows our aware self to exist and function as we know it does
(d) hence "to relate" in that extract is not a conscious deliberative act, but a preconscious necessity prior to any possible thought or act

But how would a preconscious necessity prior to a thought or an act have anything to do with coming to believe something is true, which is what Rorty is claiming that a Kantian transcendental ego is doing when it (preconsciously) relates a concept and an intuition?