PHENOMENALITY OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN ANALYTICAL THEORIES OF L. BAKER AND D. CHALMERS AND M. MAMARDASHVILI’S PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS
This article compares some of the key contemporary approaches to philosophy of consciousness in order to show peculiarity of phenomenology of consciousness formulated by M. Mamardashvili. Through reliance on two most significant philosophical approaches to consciousness, developed by famous contemporary philosophers of consciousness L. Baker and D. Chalmers, it becomes possible to show precisely the essence of transcendentalist approach to consciousness, which was crucial issue for M. Mamardashvili for the understanding of nature of consciousness and any possible attempts of its theorizing. The article gives the analysis of singularities of phenomenological approach to consciousness, namely, the approach that deals with principal non-objectification and non-natural character of consciousness.