CONSCIOUSNESS IN TERMS OF NATURAL SCIENCE

The article considers the essence of consciousness as a cognitive mental process, which resulted in the psyche of the subject there is an image of the subject, i.e. the image of "I". It is noted inadmissibility of rejection of natural science research paradigm in psychology. Mechanisms of natural origin of consciousness in phylogenesis and ontogenesis are revealed. Interrelation of the notions of consciousness, recognition, awareness, conscious, and unconscious is presented. The nature of relation between consciousness and language and speech is defined.