この論評の最初のセクションでは、脳のプロセスがどのように我々の意識経験を引き起こすかという問題を提起する。

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English Translation

In the first section of this review I raise the question of how brain processes cause our conscious experiences.

Furigana

この論評(ろんぴょう)の最初(さいしょ)のセクションでは、脳(のう)のプロセスがどのように我々(われわれ)の意識(いしき)経験(けいけん)を引(ひ)き起(お)こすかという問題(もんだい)を提起(ていき)する。

Romanji

Kono ronpyō no saisho no sekushon de wa, nō no purosesu ga dono yōni wareware no ishiki keiken o hikiokosu ka toiu mondai o teikisuru.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

論評 (ろんぴょう)

comment; criticism

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

最初 (さいしょ)

beginning; outset; first; onset

セクション (セクション)

section

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

脳 (のう)

brain; brains; mind

プロセス (プロセス)

process

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

何の (どの)

which; what (way)

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

我々 (われわれ)

意識 (いしき)

consciousness; awareness; sense; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)

経験 (けいけん)

experience

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

引き起こす (ひきおこす)

to cause; to induce; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

提起 (ていき)

bring suit; file a claim; raise a question