Remember,we're looking for a claim that says, that makes it true,that everyone dies alone.

记住，我们要探讨的说法是，每个人都是孤独而死的。

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What makes it true that the person lecturing to you next Tuesday is Shelly Kagan, the very same person, what makes that true is that it's the very same soul.

那个下星期二给你讲课的,还是谢利·凯根,和现在是同一个人，所需要的条件是,有同一个灵魂。

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Well, maybe the answer is there's no particular time at all when I killed him But for all that, it's true that I killed him ? What makes it true that I killed him?

也许答案是,我什么时候杀死他根本没有确切的时间,尽管如此，我杀死他是真的,为什么我杀死他是真的？

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We all do believe something makes it true that two plus one equals three, but it's not the fact that empirical objects-- We don't do empirical experiments to see whether two plus one equals three.

我们都相信有些东西,使2加1等于3是正确的,但这不是说现实的东西,我们不会在现实中做实验,去看看二加一是不是等于三

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What makes it true that I killed him is that on Monday I shot him and on Wednesday he died from the wound That's what makes it true ? But when did I kill him?

我杀死他是真的是因为,星期一我开枪打了他,而星期三他因伤去世,这就是为什么是真的,但我什么时候杀的他？

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