Western philosophy absolutely does not consider the self stable and hasn't for ages. Further, the experiment is very similar to tests Freud conducted under hypn

Western philosophy absolutely does not consider the self stable and hasn't for ages. Further, the experiment is very similar to tests Freud conducted under hypnosis where he would instruct people to open a window and then ask them why they did it (after ending hypnosis) and they would come up with a post justification ("it was stuffy!"). Western science perhaps is catching up with thinkers like Deleuze, Foucault, Hegel, etc which they have scorned.