People who have lost their ability to do many things are sometimes able to regain some of these abilities with treatment.

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But talk of the mind is just a way of talking about these abilities that the body has when it's functioning properly.

但是心灵,仅仅是在肉体还能正常工作时,对这些精神能力的一种表述

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And some people with autism have extraordinary artistic abilities or mathematical abilities or musical abilities and these are amazing.

一些孤独症患者拥有超凡的艺术能力,数学能力,或是音乐能力,这非常神奇

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The point, though, is that from the physicalist perspective, the best thing to say is, talk about a mind is a way of talking about these various mental abilities of the body.

从物理主义的角度出发,用最确切的语言加以表达,心灵是表述,肉体各种精神能力的方式

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