Hume and self-denial: a critical reading

David Hume wrote in a famous passage from Message in Human Nature: "When I go deeper into what I call my 'self'...I can never find it without perceptual awareness, and I can never notice anything other than perceptual." Hume simply denies the existence of the self by saying that he (meaning "I") cannot find his "self". But what unites the various experiences of sensory perceptions with the various associations that enable him to be aware of the outside world and remain the same during that period? Who's asking those questions? He assumes that his "self" is as observable a state as his thoughts or sensations. But "the self" is not something that can be observed. It is the established truth of experience and, in fact, is the basis of any experience. - Roy Abraham Varghese. David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, edited and with an introduction by Ernest C. Mossner (Hammondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1985), 300. More: https://braheen.com/articles/philosophy/تقييم-نقدي-لدوكينز-ودينيت-ولويس-وولبرت-وهاريس-وستنجر-3 — Source: Published on Facebook's "Braheen Center" page