Abstract

The article is distinguished by the analysis of various problems related to national consciousness, their classification. However, the results of these attempts lead to the appearance of different representations. If we are talking about the consciousness of an individual or a living organism, it turns out that the consideration of issues related to the consciousness of the whole society is a complex phenomenon. In the course of studying the concept of consciousness, scientific and a number of philosophical conclusions arising from the results of the study of consciousness and philosophical, cognitive, neurobiological and phenomenological solutions to problems concerning the concept of consciousness are differentiated.

At the same time, without a philosophical study of the cultural heritage of the nation, the impossibility of understanding the essence and meaning of the consciousness of the nation is determined. The concept of cultural heritage is considered as the guardian of ontological, gnesiological, ethical, social, aesthetic values that form the consciousness of the nation and are inherent in it. This is the intellectual potential that forms the consciousness of the nation, is the source of the transmission of the historical experience of the nation. It is formulated that the problem of national identity consists of mutual components of national interests and desires, social needs and dreams of a social group and an individual.

Key words: consciousness, national consciousness, national culture, national language, national history, national identity.