The textbook, based on the latest scientific and philosophical research and the achievements of the latest technologies, examines the importance of the philosophy of consciousness for the development of a modern complex, non-linear information-network society in the context of the unfolding fourth industrial revolution. It is the philosophy of consciousness that makes it possible to carry out conceptual and methodological developments of the problems of the natural, technical and socio-humanitarian sciences, the design and study of possible worlds of social practice, which acquires particular importance at the current stage of the development of civilization. Designed for bachelors, students, undergraduates, graduate students and applicants of all specialties and all areas of university training.