That is to say, how do we form the conclusion that we are interpreting something adequately, that we have a basis for the kind of reading that we're doing?

也就是说,当说到我们能够解读某个事物，或对正在进行的阅读有一定基础，我们是如何得出上述结论的？

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There seems to be a doubt, a variety of doubts, about the foundations of what we can think about the basis of our opinions, that pervades theory, and is seen somehow or another to characterize its history.

有些事物，是我们思想的基础和看法的依据,但理论中却充斥着对它们的质疑，而这些质疑也被视为理论的特征之一。

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I see finance as the underpinning of so much that happens.

我将金融视为诸多事物的基础

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