デネットの著作の中心的主張は、端的に言えば、内的精神状態の存在を否定するということである。

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English Translation

The main point of Dennett's book, in short, is to deny the existence of inner mental states.

Furigana

デネットの著作(ちょさく)の中心的(ちゅうしんてき)主張(しゅちょう)は、端的(たんてき)に言(い)えば、内的(ないてき)精神(せいしん)状態(じょうたい)の存在(そんざい)を否定(ひてい)するということである。

Romanji

Denetto no chosaku no chūshinteki shuchō wa, tanteki ni ieba, naiteki seishin jōtai no sonzai o hiteisuru toiu koto de aru.

Words

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

著作 (ちょさく)

writing; book

中心的 (ちゅうしんてき)

central; mainline

主張 (しゅちょう)

claim; request; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet

は (は)

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

端的 (たんてき)

frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

内的 (ないてき)

inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited

精神 (せいしん)

mind; soul; heart; spirit; intention

状態 (じょうたい)

current status; condition; situation; circumstances; state

存在 (そんざい)

existence; being

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.

否定 (ひてい)

negation; denial; repudiation; NOT operation

と言う (という、とゆう)

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

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...