It means,when my brain gets split, my soul is going to end up in Lefty or in Righty,but not in both.
这个意思是,我的大脑被一分为二后,灵魂将只能进入小左或小右其中一个。
If you want to go grab a drink or something, you go to Lefty O'Doul's right there. That's a cool little spot.
如果你想喝点什么的话,你可以去Lefty O'Doul's,地方不错。
Alternatively,it might have been that Righty woke up, but Lefty doesn't wake up,doesn't survive the operation.
或者是,醒来的是小右,而小左没能熬过手术,再也没醒来。
But we don't care; you can be a lefty.
但我们不关心,你可以是左撇子
And in this case,both of Lefty and Righty seem to have enough of Shelly Kagan's brain.
在本案例中,小左和小右都有足够的大脑。
Shelly Kagan We could say Lefty is Shelly Kagan and Righty is not.
我们可以说小左是。
Shelly Kagan After the operation,Lefty wakes up thinking he's Shelly Kagan.
手术之后,小左醒来认为自己是。
Shelly Kagan Then of course it's Lefty that is Shelly Kagan.
所以当然小左才是。
Lefty goes to California.Righty moves to Vermont.
小左去了加利福尼亚,小右去了佛蒙特。
We could say,well,it's Lefty and not Righty.
我们能说,是小左而不是小右。
Lefty and Righty both wake up.
小左和小右分别醒来。
Lefty will say,Give me a break.
小左会说,拜托。
Lefty happens to have it.
小左只是碰巧持有这灵魂。
Let me just call this top one-- Jones' torso with the left half of Shelly Kagan's brain-- let's call him Lefty.
让我叫上面的这个-,带有Shelly,Kagan左脑的Jones的躯体-,我们叫他小左。
But since we stipulated that Shelly Kagan's soul is going to end up in Lefty, Righty is not going to wake up.
但我们已经规定Shelly,Kagan的灵魂会进入小左,小右会永远长眠。
If Shelly Kagan's soul does not migrate to Lefty or Righty, Shelly Kagan neither of them is Shelly Kagan,according to the soul theory.
如果Shelly,Kagan的灵魂没有进入小左或小右,则根据灵魂理论,他们都不是。
It's true that Lefty's got half of Shelly Kagan's brain and that's good enough.
确实小左有Shelly,Kagan半个大脑,这样也够了。
Lefty has it.
而小左有。
And similarly,of course,there's nothing in the body view to make us say that Righty is Shelly Kagan and Lefty isn't.
同样的,肉体理论也没有标准,让我们能说小右是Shelly,Kagan而小左不是。
After the accident,we've got two people,Lefty and Righty, or two entities,Lefty and Righty, both of whom have Shelly Kagan's memories, beliefs,desires,goals,and so forth.
事故之后,一人化作两人或是两个实体,小左和小右,两人都有Shelly,Kagan的记忆,信念,欲望,目标以及种种。
So let's just suppose that metaphysically God tells us that it's Lefty that has Shelly Kagan's soul.
我们形而上学地假设上帝告诉我们,是小左获得了Shelly,Kagan的灵魂。
Each one of Lefty and Righty has one of the pieces of the split Shelly Kagan soul.
小左和小右,都拥有Shelly,Kagan的一部分灵魂。
So there's no reason to say that Lefty is Shelly Kagan and Righty isn't.
所以没理由说小左是Shelly,Kagan而小右不是。
There's no good reason to say Righty is Shelly Kagan and Lefty isn't.
也不能说小右是Shelly,Kagan而小左不是。
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