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Full Idea
Like the biological self, the psychological or narrative self is an abstraction, not a thing in the brain.
Gist of Idea
The psychological self is an abstraction, not a thing in the brain
Source
Daniel C. Dennett (Consciousness Explained [1991], 13.1)
Book Ref
Dennett,Daniel C.: 'Consciousness Explained' [Penguin 1993], p.418
A Reaction
Does Dennett have empirical evidence for this claim? It seems to me perfectly possible that there is a real thing called the 'self', and it is the central controller of the brain (involving propriotreptic awareness, understanding, and will).