But this morning the father went to work without even talking to his son.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

If you have a computer that plays chess and you want to explain how the computer plays chess, it's impossible to do so without talking about the programs and mechanisms inside the computer.

如果你有一台能下国际象棋的计算机,你想要解释计算机是如何下国际象棋的，如果你不谈程序以及计算机的内部结构,那你就不能对它如何下国际象棋,给出解释。

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If the mind is just a way of talking about the body, how could I imagine the mind without the body?

如果心灵只不过是身体的另一种说法,我怎么能独立于身体想象心灵呢

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When I draw something without an arrow, I'm talking about the magnitude.

如果我写下的字母没有箭头,那就说明我在讨论模长

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I think it's people talking without giving a moment's thought to what they meant when they said it.

我觉得人们在这么说的时候,并没有好好地思考过。

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How could it even be possible to imagine my mind without my body, if talking about my mind is just a way of talking about my body?

怎能想象自己的心灵独立于身体存在呢,如果心灵只不过是身体的另一种说法

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