That is to say, theory has certain ambitions to a totalization of what can be thought that resembles or rivals philosophy.

也就是说，理论探讨的问题,与哲学相似或相媲美,而且倾向于把它完整化。

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So hermeneutics will be our first topic, and it attempts to answer the last question that I've mentioned which is raised by theory of literature.

所以诠释学，是我们的第一个话题,它试图回答的是我在探讨文学理论时提出的最后一个问题。

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If you hope to make it with theory of what people are and how people work, you have to explain and talk about language.

如果你想要理解关于人类本质,及其行为模式的理论,就必须得探讨并解释语言

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You'll recall that when we talked about the body view, I said the best version of the body view doesn't require the entire body, to be the same body,but the brain.

你们记得我们探讨肉体理论的时候，我说肉体理论的最好版本是，不需要整个相同的肉体，而是大脑。

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Now theory resembles philosophy perhaps in this: that it asks fundamental questions and also at times builds systems.

理论和哲学的相似之处在于：,它探讨根本性的问题，而且有时也建立系统。

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A little later we'll turn to the question of, well, if hedonism is not the right story, ? what else belongs on the list, or is it the right story?

过会，我们会转向探讨…,如果享乐主义是错误理论，名单上还有什么？它是不是正确的理论？

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If I can use science fiction to talk about the possibility of splitting, and use that against the personality theory, I'm entitled to use science fiction examples to talk about the possibility of bodies splitting,and ask, what kind of problem that would raise for the body theory?

如果我能用科幻作品来谈论人格的分裂，用来驳斥人格理论，我也可以用科幻作品的例子,来探讨肉体分裂的可能，并提问，那会给肉体理论造成什么问题？

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