Consciousness as a Global Problem of Modern Science

AbstractIn the article the central problem of consciousness is stated in complex of natural, social sciences and humanities. The space for modern consciousness research is being analyzed; on the one hand from neural and physiological to the cognitive, social and communicational, and on the other hand from feasibility of conscious activity to the value characteristic of consciousness-the contemplation. The basic psychological concepts of consciousness, issued by the Russian researchers, have been pointed out: dichotomous, structural, psychosemantic, psychological, mental, communicative, META, etc. The methodical aspect of scientific knowledge in solving the problem of consciousness, as opposed to projective (authoritative) and conventional discourses, is being discussed