title: [What am I and (which are) the illusions of my self consciousness?].
abstract: Departing from Daniel Dennett's and Douglas Hofstadter's ideas, the present paper explores what the self and consciousness are and puts forward a possible explanation of their relationship with the brain. The paper deconstructs the illusions of my self and those of my consciousness, how they are produced and which the key elements to understand our reluctance to see ourselves as brains are. The self is considered a powerful myth but, at the same time, from a functionalist perspective, also an indispensable device in our daily life and in our explanations about others and about ourselves.
authors.affiliation: magrest66@gmail.com
authors.forename: Martín
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agrest
mesh_terms: D003243:Consciousness; D004532:Ego; D010684:Philosophy