But frankly, I'm convinced, insofar as I'm convinced of anything, that if one doesn't live by that, nothing of any interest is going to happen.

不过，坦率来讲，我相信，或者说，我确信，如果一个人不相信这一点，那么他的艺术创作只会平淡无奇。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Given the thesis about recycling, then, we have reason to believe the soul will continue to exist after we break.

如果循环观点是正确的,那么我们有理由相信,灵魂会在我们消亡之后继续存在

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Another question is if you believe in modules-- if there are modules, what are they?

另一个问题是,如果你相信模块理论,如果模块是存在的,那么它们究竟是什么

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Or, if you don't believe Spinoza, if you don't believe his authority is sufficient, consider someone who you'll be reading in a couple of weeks, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, from the Social Contract.

或者，假如你不相信斯宾诺莎，假如你不信,他的权威性，那么想一想几星期之后,你们将要读到的一个人，让·雅克·卢梭，在《社会契约论》中。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

One way to think about Nash equilibria is that they are self-enforcing agreements, so provided that everyone believes that everyone is going to go along with this agreement, then everyone in fact will.

我们可以这样理解纳什均衡,把它们想象成自我实施的协议,假设每个人都相信,大家都会遵守协议,那么大家就都会遵守

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Well, should we conclude, therefore, so nobody really believes that they're ever in dreamless sleep?

那么我们就应该得出结论，没有人真正相信,他们可以进入无梦的睡眠么？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Now,if the Michigan guy hadn't been there, what I would have done, if I believed in the personality theory or when I believe in the personality theory, is say Oh look,Napoleon--reincarnated in New York.

如果密西根家伙不曾出现在那里，那么我就会，假如我相信人格理论的话，我便会说，看，拿破仑在纽约转生了。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

If Freud's argument for death, that is to say, none of us believe we're going to die, was any good, the argument that none of us believe meetings ever take place without us would have to work as well.

如果弗洛伊德对死亡的说法，也就是，人都不相信自己会死的说法是正确的，那么就是说没有人相信,自己不在场的会议举行这件事也是正确的。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And the logic is if you find somebody-- Crudely, if you find somebody with damage to this part of the brain right here and that person can't recognize faces for instance, there's some reason to believe that this part of the brain is related to face recognition.

这里的逻辑是这样的,比如说,如果你发现某人,大脑的右边这一部分受到了损伤,他无法进行面孔识别,那么就有理由相信,大脑的这部分是与面孔识别有关的

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And I realize I'm moving over this very quickly, ? but is Thrasymachus wrong to believe that?

我知道我在这一点上推得很快，但，Thrasymachus，那么相信真的错了吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Just like follow the soul was the answer if we believed in the soul theory of personal identity, if we believe in the brain version of the body theory of personal identity, saying personal or not, follow the brain.

就好像，如果我们相信,人格同一性的灵魂论,那么灵魂就是关键，如果我们相信人格同一性的,肉体论的这个版本，只要根据大脑判断就行。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

If we could find the right F, and make out the argument, the physicalist can't explain it or does a bad job of explaining it and the dualist does a better job of explaining it, we'd have reason to believe in the soul.

如果我们能找到合适的特性F,并且给出论证,物理主义者无法解释,或者解释得很牵强,而二元论的解释更合理,那么我们就有理由相信有灵魂存在

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选