You can take a lot of brain damage and still preserve some mental functioning.

即便是你受到了严重的脑损伤,也依然能够维持一些心理功能

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And what a case like this, where somebody is in a coma, is without consciousness as a result of damage to the brain, is a stark illustration of the physical nature of mental life.

想象一下这样的情况,某人正陷于昏迷之中,由于脑部损伤而失去了意识,这是心理活动的生理属性毫无修饰的图解

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