LovecraftianMonstrosity
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If the self is an illusion, then what are the properties of that illusion? From where and how do they arise? To know of an illusion is to experience it; who or what experiences the illusion of the self, then? It seems to me that to define a who or what, here, is to give credence to the concept of an existent, actual centralized self, thus jettisoning the idea of the illusory self, anyway.
The illusory self is a contradiction. What do you think?
This is pretty western though and goes to the idea of innate nature from the judeo/christian perspective. The self as ephemeral or intangible or impermanent is more of an eastern conception and would seem to align with quantum systems/complex dynamics more easily. Instead of viewing self as an intrinsic property of an object, perhaps it is a process that arises out of dynamics between interacting objects.
Process philosophy - Wikipedia