> Don’t despair. This does not mean there isn’t something we can define as a “self”. If Nietzsche were alive today, he would substitute 'god' for 'self' and wo

> Don’t despair. This does not mean there isn’t something we can define as a “self”. If Nietzsche were alive today, he would substitute 'god' for 'self' and would declare "Self is dead". Philosophers of mind have spent the latter part of the 20th century arguing about their intuitions despite contradictory evidence and really not much progress has been made apart from getting in arguments with the 'explanationists' like Dennett. But it could spark a whole new set of questions if they shifted focus from the elusive self back to the whole (which, ironically would revive god).