So we've got a possible explanation of the difference between an animated and an unanimated or an inanimate body to it.

于是我们得到了对,生命体与非生命体之间区别的一种可能的解释

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One possible explanation, the dualist, that's the ghost of your mother, immaterial soul that she is, communicating to you while you're asleep.

一个可能的解释,二元论者会说,那是你妈妈的鬼魂,她是一个非物质的灵魂,在你睡觉的时候跟你交流

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Another possible explanation of the significance of depth is remember, our poor victim here.

方阵纵深的重要性的另一种可能解释,就是,记得刚才这位可怜的牺牲者吗

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The existence of a soul would be the beginnings of a possible explanation.

灵魂的存在将成为,一种可能的解释的开端

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But of course, there's a different possible explanation-- the one-room explanation.

当然,还有另一种可能的解释,一间房的解释

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But the question is never, "Is that a possible explanation?"

但问题绝不是,那是一个可能的解释吗

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Second possible explanation, it's just a dream.

第二个可能的解释就是,那只不过是个梦

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It's a possible explanation.

它也提供了一种可能的解释

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Well, that's a possible explanation.

这是一个可能的解释

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That's one possible explanation.

这是一种可能的解释

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There's a possible explanation.

有一种可能的解释

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And in a moment, I'll ask whether it's the best possible explanation, but before we do turn to that question, there is an objection to this entire way of looking at things that's probably worth pausing for a moment and considering.

而马上,我要问你们这是否是最好的解释,但在我们转向那个问题之前,有一个对这一整套,看待问题的方式的反驳,或许值得我们稍微停留并考虑一番

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Well,in the same way,if we could find some behavior on our part that calls out for explanation, that the best possible explanation would be that at some level we don't believe we're going to die, then we might say,look, this gives us some reason to think that we don't really believe we're going to die, even though we say we believe it.

同样，如果我们发现自己有些行为有待解释，这最好的解释可能就是,在某种程度上，我们不相信自己会死，然后我们说，看，这让我们有理由相信，我们并不相信我们会死，即使我们口头上说相信。

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