The Role of Consciousness in Human Cognitive Activity

Abstract

The problem of consciousness is examined in the article. It is argued that all the existing approaches to consciousness do not explain the role consciousness plays in human life. An attempt of revealing and describing the principles of the mind's work is made. Experimental phenomena observed by the author and his followers, particularly, the tendency of previously non-realized ideas not to be realized subsequently , are reviewed. The discussion of these phenomena allows to formulate a novel view on the nature of consciousness.