Each of the participating businesses displays a Christmas tree on their premises decorated with special hanging ornaments.

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No. I mean, there are reasonable philosophical or scientific grounds for worrying about each one of the premises.

不,我是指,我们有合理的哲学,或科学依据使我们,怀疑这的每一个前提

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It takes all of the premises of the argument to get the conclusion that the soul exists.

只有这个论证的所有前提都成立,才能得出灵魂存在的结论

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So in many ways the premises, coupled with what we discussed in the first two lectures, build the foundation of that spiral, upon which everything else will be built.

从许多方面来看，这个前提，跟我们开头的两节课有关，会建立这个螺旋的基础，那其他一切就更容易建起来。

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But the point to think about for next time is just, is it really true that all three of the premises are true, or might one or more of them be false?

但下次要思考的关键是,那三个前提是否的确全部为真,或许一个或几个为假呢

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two or two and a half lectures, where I am going to be talking about the basic premises of this course.

两节或两节半课，我将会谈到,本课程的基本前提。

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And each one of the premises can be challenged.

而这里的每一个前提都可能站不住脚

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That's true for each one of the premises.

对每一条假设都是如此

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I want to move on to the fourth premise, one of the most important premises in this course.

我想进入第四个前提，这堂课最重要的一个前提。

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Now, the first thing to notice is that to get the conclusion we need all three premises.

现在 首先要注意的是,只有三个前提全部成立才能得出结论

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Of course, since the dialogue is indeed a dialogue, we don't always have the arguments laid out with a series of premises and conclusions.

由于仅仅是对话,我们不会看到一长串,有前提和结论的论证

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That's philosopher's jargon, that is to say, given the three premises, the conclusion really does follow.

那是哲学家的术语,这就是说,有了这三个前提,我们确实能得到这个结论

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Well what I want to do is to share with you the five basic premises.

我想为大家介绍,五个基本前提。

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So these are the five basic premises that we talked about.

这就是五个基本前提。

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The interesting question is, "Are the three premises true?"

有趣的是,这三个前提是真的吗

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So what are the basic premises?

基本前提是什么？

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And the interesting thing is that each one of these premises could be plausibly challenged.

有趣的是,每一个前提似乎都有其合理质疑之处

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So here are the five basic premises.

这里有五个基本前提。

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