We posit--or the fans of souls posit-- the existence of souls so as to explain something that needs explaining about us.

我们 或者灵魂论的拥护者们假设,灵魂是存在的,这就能解释一些我们自身不解的东西

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For any one of those, we could again run an argument where we say, "Look, here is something that needs explaining.

对于以上任意一个,我们都能再次提出一个论证,看啊,这里有某个东西需要解释

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The thought is that there's something about us that needs explaining.

其思路是,存在一些有关我们自身的亟待解释的事物

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