You’re equivocating, conflating consciousness with self-awareness. Consciousness is not the sense-of-self.
I agree those are separate, but the (useful, evolved) sense-of-self leads to a belief in consciousness. Disproving the reality of the self (i.e., the sense of self being illusory) removes the logical support for consciousness.
Moreover, proponents of the Hard Problem often say “If consciousness is illusory, who is experiencing the illusion?”, thereby revealing their belief that a self is required for consciousness.
So, ostensibly, consciousness and a sense of self are not the same but do imply each other. However, I argue that proponents of the Hard Problem confuse the existence of the sense of self with the existence of an actual self, which leads to erroneous conclusions.
I agree those are separate, but the (useful, evolved) sense-of-self leads to a belief in consciousness. Disproving the reality of the self (i.e., the sense of self being illusory) removes the logical support for consciousness.
Moreover, proponents of the Hard Problem often say “If consciousness is illusory, who is experiencing the illusion?”, thereby revealing their belief that a self is required for consciousness.
So, ostensibly, consciousness and a sense of self are not the same but do imply each other. However, I argue that proponents of the Hard Problem confuse the existence of the sense of self with the existence of an actual self, which leads to erroneous conclusions.