But the mere fact that they would change your behavior doesn't yet tell you whether they're reason-generating facts.

但仅仅是它们会改变你的行为这个事实,并没有告诉你它们是否是产生原因的事实。

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But people have a very special ability"-- and so the argument goes-- "That mere bodies couldn't have, physicalists can't explain. That's the ability to think.

但人类有一种特殊的技能,于是论证得以延续,纯粹的肉体无法拥有,物理主义者不能解释的技能,即思考

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We could say-- you could imagine somebody saying, Williams" "Oh yes, you're right, Williams, " the contents get negative, " but that's still outweighed by the mere fact that you're alive.

我们可以说-,可以想象有些人会说，“你说得对，“生活内容的部分总和是负数，“但它还是会被你活着这个事实超越。

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Maybe we should say, the mere fact that it's possible for A and B to be separate--for A to exist without B for example, that's clearly where they're separate-- the mere fact that it's possible for them to be separate doesn't mean that in the actual world they are separate.

也许我们应该说,A和B有可能不同,比如 可能A存在,而B不存在,这是它们明显的不同之处,它们有可能不同,并不意味着,在现实世界它们也是不同的

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