Daniel C. Dennett, Widely Read and Fiercely Debated Philosopher, 82, Dies

[sanatanadharma]

2. Self-consciousness is not seen or proven by science, thus by that measure it doesn't exist

"Dennett's basic worldview and philosophy of science, a view which absolutely excludes anything which cannot be seen or proven by empirical methods." (my emphasis)

Thus the conscious-self is un-provable and unknowable, yet we all claim to be such.
Consciousness is a-priori and does not need to be established by empirical proofs.
Indeed, there is NO empirical proof that can ever negate consciousness.
Consciousness precedes science. Consciousness in the baby precedes all knowledge of the world in the baby's mind.