[AnimalMuppet]

> (5) “consciousness,” or awareness—notably, awareness of the contents of the other four aggregates.

Not a Buddhist, but I have thought this as the real definition of consciousness - though I think it also includes being aware of the contents of the fifth "aggregate".

But I would also say that "self" is a unity of those things. In trying to separate it into parts, the thing (self) dies. (At least, at first glance that's my position - I'd have to think about it some more to be sure.)

As you say, that doesn't say anything about the hard problem of consciousness. In fairness, though, I don't think Buddhism is trying to solve that problem.