It is autonomous in the sense that it is a pure, uncluttered and uninfluenced declaration of fact or falsehood.

科学是自主的，因为,科学就是单纯的,不受外界影响的，关于真伪的论断。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

This is very different from classical conditioning and one way to see how this is different is for classical conditioning you don't do anything.

这与经典条件作用非常不同,两者间不同的一点在于,在经典条件作用中,你的行为是不自主的。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But we are not all rational or autonomous Babies are not rational or autonomous.

但是我们也不全都是理性或自主的,婴儿就不是理性或自主的。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Yes. I think that you don't really have self possession if you choose to live in a society because you cannot just discount the people around you.

是的，我认为如果你生活在社会中,就不可能完全拥有自主权,因为你不能无视其他人的存在。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选