So there's a kind of empirical argument for the existence of the soul if we found those kinds of results.

所以如果能找到那样的结果,就能成为灵魂存在的经验主义论据。

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If this argument doesn't work, is there another argument for the existence of a soul that you think is a better one?

如果这个论点没有说服力,有没有其他更具说服力的论点,来论述灵魂的存在呢

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When I talked about arguments for the existence of a soul, I said, "Look, here's one possible argument.

当我谈论证明灵魂,存在的论证时,我说过,"这里有个可能的论证

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If that happened,we'd have a great new argument for the existence of a soul.

如果两人都醒来，那关于灵魂存在就会有新的争论了。

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So, here's a new argument for the existence of the soul.

所以,这里有了一个新论证证明灵魂存在

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Boom, we'd have an argument for the existence of a soul.

于是,我们就有了一个灵魂存在的论证

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Is this a convincing argument for the existence of a soul?

这个论点有能力,说明灵魂存在吗

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Still, that doesn't mean that we should believe the argument for the existence of the soul from near-death experiences, because the question remains, "What's the best explanation of what's going on in near-death experiences?"

但是,这并不意味着,我们应该相信那些从濒死体验角度,来证明灵魂存在的论证,因为问题仍在,对于濒死体验的,最好解释是什么

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For my money, I find the beginnings of the scientific explanation sufficiently persuasive and sufficiently compelling that I don't find the argument from near- death experience--as an argument for the existence of a soul-- I don't find it especially persuasive.

在我看来,我觉得这些初步的,科学解释已经足够有说服力,足够令人信服,而从濒死体验的角度,来证明灵魂存在论证,我认为它不是特别有说服力

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As I say, there are philosophers who've argued that way, have denied that we have free will and if we do conclude that we don't actually have free will, then we no longer have this argument for the existence of a soul.

有哲学家按照这种思路,否定了人有自由意志,如果我们由此得出,人没有自由意志这个结论,那么这个论证也不再,支持灵魂存在这个说法

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