the Buddha explains human identity without a permanent and substantial self

the Buddha explains human identity without a permanent and substantial self. The doctrine of non-self, however, does not imply the absolute inexistence of any type of self whatsoever, but is compatible with a conventional self composed of five psycho-physical aggregates, although all of them are unsubstantial and impermanent.

Selves are thus conceived as evolving processes (not uulike Focault)causally constrained by their past