So we're justified in believing in germs, but not demons.

所以,我们相信微生物理论合理,而恶魔理论则不合理

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But we're not asking, is it rational or irrational to not believe that your body's going to die, we're simply asking, noting the fact that, there to seem to be cases where people are surprised to discover that they're mortal.

但我们不是在探讨不相信肉体的死亡,是否合理，我们只是提出，人们发现，有人可能对发现自己将会死亡,感到非常出乎意料。

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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

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