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It's a philosophical question unfortunately.
But there's been some nice articles in New Scientist, among others on it:
http://www.newscientist.com/special/self
A lot of Eastern philosophy has stated for a long the "the" self is an illusion. But it's all we can work with atm, no matter what you call it... ;)
JWestland
So basically we are still far from knowing.