On the nature of consciousness and the problem Consciousness - Body

The monograph presents a hypothesis of the origin and function of consciousness, developed by the author based on research in cognitive psychology and phenomenology. Consciousness is distinguished as a separate phenomenon with functions other than the functions of other mental phenomena. The argumentation of the hypothesis extends is presented and the definition of consciousness is given on its basis, which allows you to formulate the development of Turing test to identify consciousness in artificial agents. Based on the presented hypothesis of consciousness, an explanation of the cause of the existence of the problem "consciousness - body", as well as the insoluble of the problem of freedom of will. As a result, a new approach is proposed to the main epistemological question "What can we know?", Which is defined by the author as an "interactive constructivism"