Objective Approach to the Interpretation of Consciousness: Neurophysiological, Physical and Mathematical Discourses

Abstract

In the article basic researches of objective cognition of consciousness revealing various aspects of formation of skill of distinction and radiation of consciousness are described. The complementary approaches of the natural scientific discourse of consciousness research are analyzed, namely neurophysiological ones, which raise the question of biological fundamentals of the interlevel phenomenon of consciousness and determine the physiological basis structural-functional вuilding of consciousness; quantum-mechanical, based on the practice of experimental research of quantum reality and explaining the phenomenon of «consciousness»; and the system-wide, which holistically and logically-conceptually allows to simulate the system space of consciousness and acts as the operating paradigm of research. Meaningful and structural formal-logical and functional features of consciousness are investigated by methods of theoretical modeling and reconstruction. The essence of classical and modern neurophysiological theories of consciousness is revealed. Neuropsychological theories can be considered as a structural-functional paradigm, which is the function of specific neural networks, cognitive processes, synchronization of neural circuits and creation of new neural pathways in the background preserving the function of old ones, collapsing and deploying multiple forms of information, merging experiences of the whole experience. The principles of quantum mechanics act as an explanatory paradigm, which interprets the phenomenon of altered states of consciousness and the content structure of consciousness, the units of which are the meanings that intention aspire correlate the conscious quality with the integral picture of the world due to the existence of a semantic field. The general theory of systems provides creation of system «semantic territory» of consciousness of the personality; the finding of bifurcation points in which the fullest possible set of potential growth possibilities of the system is shown; definition of reinforcing and balancing feedback loops; desired state of the system; type of attractors; the potential of self-manifestation and self-liberation in personal activity and building a unique own reality through continuous exchange with the outside world.

Keywords

• consciousness
• neurophysiology of consciousness
• quantum mechanics
• general theory of systems
• structural-functional paradigm
• explanatory paradigm
• operating paradigm.