Because according to the soul theory of personal identity to be me that person's got to have my soul.

以为根据灵魂论,对于个人同一性来说,要成为我,那个人要有我的灵魂。

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And we need to get clear on the nature of identity or persistence or, more specifically, personal identity.

同时还要弄清同一性及,持存的本质,具体说来就是,个人同一性

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And then we're going to spend several weeks, or at least a week or so, talking about the nature of personal identity.

然后再用几周时间,至少一周,讨论个人同一性的问题

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The first, approach is this that we considered was the soul theory of personal identity, the key to being the same person is having the same soul.

首先，我们设置的前提是,人格同一性的灵魂存在论，成为同一个人的关键在于,拥有同样的灵魂。

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What's the key or the nature or the basis of personal identity?

什么是个人同一性的关键,本质或基础

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But since we're especially interested in beings like us, people, this topic, this sub-specialized version of the question of identity, gets discussed under the rubric of the topic, personal identity.

由于我们对我们这种生物十分感兴趣,也就是人类,这个话题,属于同一性话题下的分支问题,通常会放在某话题的标题下讨论,也就是个人同一性

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What's the nature of personal identity?

什么是个人同一性

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