And before we say that the soul view's got the better explanation, we have to ask ourselves, just how much of an explanation is it to say, "Oh I can explain consciousness.
在我们承认,灵魂观点更合理之前,我们必须问问自己,这个观点解释得到底如何,我可以解释意识
Let's look at some patterns that will explain in more detail how we can use the "I can't" pattern.
下面让我们来看一些句型,它们会更具体地解释我们应如何使用“I can't”句型。
I would come right back to you with yeah, you intuited that but can you explain to me what you were hearing?
很高兴你答对了,你凭直觉答对了,能解释下你听到了什么吗
I can't explain this because classical physics doesn't work at atomic dimensions.
我不能解释这个,因为经典物理在不适用,就原子尺度而言。
I called an economist at the BIS and said, can you please explain it to me?
在国际清算银行,我问一个经济学家,你能不能给我解释下?
And if the best the soul theorist can say is, "I can't explain it and neither can you," that's not a reason to believe this side.
如果灵魂理论者最多只能说,我不能解释,你也不能,这不是一个相信灵魂存在的理由
You can explain to the waiter that he has made a mistake by using the "I didn't" pattern.
你想跟服务员解释,他弄错了。你就可以使用“I didn't”句型。
Well, I can kind of explain it; there are a couple of factors.
或许我能解释,其中的一两点原因
When I posit the existence of atoms with certain structures and certain sort of ways of interacting and combining and building up, when I posit atoms, suddenly I can explain all sorts of things about the physical world.
当我假设原子以某种特定结构存在,以一定的方式相互作用,互相结合,集聚,通过假定原子存在,我立即就能够解释,物理世界中各种各样的现象了
The argument I'm about to sketch is a purely philosophical argument, not really so much a matter of who can explain this or that feature of us better than anybody else.
我接下来要介绍的,是一个纯粹的哲学论证,并非绝对意义上的,解释优劣决定孰强孰弱
And if the best that the soul theorist has is, "Maybe we need this to explain something that I don't see how you guys can explain, maybe this would help, though I can't quite see how either," that's not a very compelling argument.
如果灵魂主义者最为充分的理由是,或许我们需要灵魂来解释些,我认为你们不能解释的东西,或许这样能有些帮助,尽管我也不清楚怎样用灵魂解释,这就不是一个很有说服力的论证
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