If we discover a complete theory, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason.

如果我们发现了一套完整的理论，这将是人类理性的终极胜利。

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This can't be a complete theory, however.

但是，这并不是健全的理论。

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This can't be a complete theory, however. Sometimes what is.

然而，这并不是一个完整的理论。

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But it's not a complete theory until we specify the utility function.

但我们还未详细分析效应函数,这还不是完整的理论

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For a while no self-respecting report or theory was complete without one.

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So the purpose of teaching philosophy was - and remains, in theory - to complete the education of young men and women and permit them to think.

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At the moment, this route through the Canadian archipelago is navigable at best for a brief summer spell. (Sovereignty over the passage is one of the Arctic's many unresolved issues: Canada claims it, but the United States says the waters are international.) In theory, a complete opening of the Northwest Passage can shave 2, 500 miles off a journey from Europe to Asia.

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