After all,the problem that fission raises for the personality theory, in a nutshell,is that personalities can split,they can branch.

说到底，人格理论裂变问题的产生，总而言之就是由于人格可以分裂。

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So the body theorist can avoid the problem of fission, avoid the problem of duplication by adding the no branching rule.

肉体主义者能避开分裂问题，通过无分支原则，避免复制导致的问题。

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But I need to point out that there's another disadvantage that the fission case raises for the soul theory.

但我必须要指出，灵魂理论的裂变案例,其实还有一个缺点。

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Indeed,the fission example is a very nice case of how you could have splitting for the personality theory.

确实，裂变的例子也是个非常好的,解释人格理论中分裂的例子。

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The problem for the body view that fission raises, in a nutshell,is that bodies can split.They can branch.

肉体理论的问题产生，总而言之也是由于肉体可以分裂。

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Both of them,as we saw in the face of fission, needs to accept a no branching rule.

这两种理论在裂变说法的面前，都需要接受无分支规则。

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So,in the fission case,the body says,the body theorist says, in the fission case,there's splitting,there's branching.

在这种裂变的情况下，肉体理论者说，分裂和分支存在的情况下。

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That's a nice answer to the problem of fission, but notice the problem it raises for the argument for believing in a soul in the first place.

这对于裂变问题是个更好的答案，但请注意这个答案又引起了新的问题,这就是一开始相信灵魂的存在时的说法。

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So,what does the soul theorist say about the fission case?

那灵魂理论者是怎么解释分裂案例的呢？

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What should a soul theorist say about the fission case?

灵魂理论者对分裂案例是怎么说的呢？

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It avoids these problems of duplication and fission.

它能避免复制和分裂的问题么。

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What's the right answer in fission?

裂变问题的正确答案是什么？

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If the body view adds the no branching principle, then we can say,look,in the case of this sort of splitting-- This example is known in the to philosophical literature as fission, like nuclear fission when a big atom splits into two.

如果肉体理论加入无分支原则，我们就能说，在这种分裂的情况下-,这种分裂在哲学文献中叫做裂变，就像原子一分为二的核裂变。

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So at the very same moment that positing the nonsplitting of souls seems to solve the fission problem of duplication, it yanks the rug out from underneath the soul theorist by undermining one of the types of arguments for believing in the soul in the first place.

所以在为了解决复制产生的裂变问题,营造出灵魂的不分割性时，也侵蚀了一开始相信灵魂的存在的论据,从内部动摇了灵魂理论者。

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