Neuroscience not only successfully intervened in the past exclusive metaphysical speculation of the self, but also gave full play to the advantages of empirical science, naturalism and the new non-invasive imaging technology to do a lot of philosophical research worthy of deep reflection on self-referential processing, self-referential effect, neural correlates, etc. But the observation of the brain processes that took place when subjects reported their experiences with the aid of tools and instruments was clearly not an observation of the self, but at best an observation of the sense of self....
