<P> It is suggested by Kohut that for an individual to talk about, explain, understand or judge oneself is linguistically impossible, since it requires the self to understand its self . This is seen as philosophically invalid, being self - referential, or reification, also known as a circular argument . Thus, if actions arise so that the self attempts self - explanation, confusion may well occur within linguistic mental pathways and processes . </P> <P> As for the theorists of the self, Winnicott has his critics, suggesting that his theory of the way' the False Self is invented to manage a prematurely important object...enacts a kind of dissociated regard or recognition of the object' is itself rooted in' his own childhood experience of trying to "make my living" by keeping his mother alive' . </P> <P> The self has long been considered as the central element and support of any experience . The self is not' permanently stuck into the heart of consciousness' . "I am not always as intensively aware of me as an agent, as I am of my actions . That results from the fact that I perform only part of my actions, the other part being conducted by my thought, expression, practical operations, and so on ." </P> <P> Memory and the self are interconnected with each other that, combined, can be defined as the Self - Memory System (SMS). The self is viewed as a combination of memories and self - images (working self). Conway proposes that a person's long - term memory and working self are dependent on each other . Our prior knowledge of our self puts constraints on what our working self is and the working self modifies the access to our long - term memory, as well as, what it consists of . </P>

Who argued that the self is a comprised of memories