The Problem of myth creation in individual consciousness

Myth creation as a qualitative characterization of consciousness is a problem in the philosophy of consciousness. The most perspective for finding a solution of the problem of consciousness are strategies of myths, focused on the problem of the subjective: they allow interpreting myths not as phenomena, but as individual consciousness, which produces the myth. The ontological basis of the research is that the myth is a symbolic form of the subjective conscious experience. The object of the research is mythcreation of individual consciousness. The subject of the research is the mechanism of individual myth-creation. The aim of the research is the development of the idea of the mythical realization of consciousness through the description of the mechanism of myth creation, the specificity of the mythical text as a structural element and the result of the active participation of consciousness in the state of emotional reflection. The methodological approach is the following: the original myth is shown in individual consciousness. Existing philosophical strategies of researching myths are diverse, but interconnected. Complex research allows describing the mechanism of mythcreation of individual consciousness from various viewpoints. Comparative and problem-based analysis is used to reach the aim of the research. As a result of the research stable formal structures of myth-creation process of individual consciousness are defined: The subject is individual consciousness (a bearer of creative actions). The object is the events, phenomena of living world (an open unordered system). The parts of the process are the myth creator with his/her system of values (personal) and the myth consumer (general). The essence is structuring the living world by means of experience, dialogue between the personal and the general. The aim is recognition of yourself and the world, making adjustments to the system of relations in the living world. The sources are personal experiences of something, the changing character of content of consciousness. The starting mechanism of myth-creation is natural positions of individual consciousness (mythologemes), the need to create rational connections with the world. The conditions are the interaction between facts and feelings, personal experiences. The means are the sensual reflections, the system of personally significant senses and values; symbols and signs as resources of natural language. The result is a personal myth (an original myth) and its interpretation. The individual myth contains both the personal and the general. Interpretation of the myth is built on the basis of common knowledge, the aim of interpreting is to understand the personal.

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