Well, of course, it's because he thinks, first of all, there's a soul and it will survive and it's immortal.

当然,这是因为他认为,首先,灵魂是存在的,在肉体死后仍会继续存在,而且灵魂是不朽的

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So as a function and not as a subjective consciousness to which we appeal to grasp a meaning, the author still does exist.

所以作为一种功能，而非一种我们需要领会的主观意识,作者仍是存在的。

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The best example is when Julius Caesar has made himself master of Rome, but he's still behaving as though the republic exists.

于此最好的例子是,当尤利乌斯·恺撒成为罗马的统治者时,他仍然表现得仿佛共和体制仍存在似的

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Of course death can be the final consequence of this, but even short of death, a number of very bad things can happen.

并有可能最终导致死亡,即使不考虑死亡,仍存在一系列的负面影响

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Now, in the posing the question that way, I've been assuming that these are things you'd do despite the fact that they run the risk of death.

现在，以这种方式提出了这个问题，我已经假设了存在尽管带有死亡的风险,但你仍会去做的事情。

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So, behaviorism as a dominant intellectual field has faded, but it still leaves behind an important legacy and it still stands as one of the major contributions of twentieth century psychology.

虽然行为主义的统治地位已经不复存在，但它仍留给了我们许多重要的遗产,行为主义也仍然是,二十世纪心理学发展的主要贡献之一。

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They are kept track of very closely, but because there's still smallpox that exists on the planet, there is some concern that that could be obtained and used to develop a weapon.

并且科学家们仔细记录病毒的使用情况,但因为这星球上仍存在天花,就会有人担心,某些人会获得天花病毒,并将其制成武器

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Still, that doesn't mean that we should believe the argument for the existence of the soul from near-death experiences, because the question remains, "What's the best explanation of what's going on in near-death experiences?"

但是,这并不意味着,我们应该相信那些从濒死体验角度,来证明灵魂存在的论证,因为问题仍在,对于濒死体验的,最好解释是什么

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