Ah,says the soul theorist, Follow the soul--unless the soul splits, Shelly Kagan in which case neither of them is Shelly Kagan.
灵魂理论者说,跟随灵魂,除非灵魂分裂,那样他们就都不是。
What's the alternative? The alternative,it seems,for the soul theorist, Shelly Kagan is to say,neither of them is Shelly Kagan.
还有什么选择,灵魂理论者还有的选择,就是说他们都不是。
Imagine a world in which Kagan exists, but Shelly doesn't exist, because nobody in the world is named Shelly.
想象在一个世界里卡根存在,而薛立不存在,因为这个世界里面没人叫薛立
Now,looking at the situation from the outside, Shelly Kagan we might be unable to tell which one is really Shelly Kagan.
现在,从外部看一下这个情形,我们也许无法说出谁才是。
If the soul didn't get destroyed,maybe somebody else that Shelly Kagan we weren't even looking at is Shelly Kagan.
如果灵魂没有被破坏,那么也许,某个根本不相关的人变成了。
And so if you've imagined Shelly existing then of course you're imagining that single thing, Shelly Kagan, existing.
所以如果想象了薛立存在,那么当然你也就想象了那一个东西,薛立·卡根存在
Shelly Kagan But if neither of us is Shelly Kagan, then the simple original personality theory was false.
但如果我们都不是,那最初的人格理论就会被证明是错误的。
I'm going to give her amnesia and then I'm going to drive her crazy Shelly and make her think that she's Shelly.
我先给她洗脑,再把她逼疯,让她认为自己是。
Shelly Kagan So the only alternative seems to be to say that neither of us is Shelly Kagan.
所以唯一的选择是说我们都不是。
Shelly Kagan I've got a set of beliefs,a set of--I believe I'm Shelly Kagan, a set of memories about growing up in Chicago.
有一系列的信念,相信自己是,有一系列在芝加哥长大的记忆。
Shelly Kagan Here,right now I'm standing in front of you saying I'm Shelly Kagan, the guy who was lecturing to you last week.
现在我站在你们面前说我是,上周给你们上课的那个人。
Shelly Kagan The guy last time thought he was Shelly Kagan, believed he was professor of philosophy.
上次讲课的家伙认为他是,相信他是哲学教授。
Shelly Kagan For example,the belief that I'm Shelly Kagan, professor of philosophy at Yale University.
比如说,我是,是耶鲁大学哲学教授这个信念。
Shelly Kagan I believe I'm Shelly Kagan,the guy who was lecturing to you last week.
我相信我就是上周给你们上课的。
Shelly Kagan So neither of them is going to end up being Shelly Kagan.
他们就都不是。
Shelly Kagan Whether I,this person talking to you right now, is Shelly Kagan depends on whether there's some duplicate with all my memories in Michigan or not?
现在和你们讲话的人是不是,取决于是否在密歇根有没有一个,带有我的记忆的复制品存在?
Shelly Kagan Well,the body theory could say neither of them are Shelly Kagan.
肉体理论还能说,他们都不是。
Shelly Kagan They both think they're Shelly Kagan,and so forth and so on.
他们都认为自己是。
Shelly Kagan We could say Lefty is Shelly Kagan and Righty is not.
我们可以说小左是。
Shelly Kagan Since there's no competitor,and I've got the personality,I'm Shelly Kagan.
既然没有竞争对手,我具有正确人格,我就是。
Shelly Kagan We both have it,yet neither of us is Shelly Kagan.
我们都持有这个证据但却都不是。
Shelly Kagan Rather,Don't do it to this one,because this is Shelly Kagan.
不要折磨这个因为这是。
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 We could,I suppose,try to say they're both Shelly Kagan.
可以说他们两人都是。
Shelly Kagan Then the question is just,which one is Shelly Kagan?
问题就只是,谁才是?
Shelly Kagan Then of course it's Lefty that is Shelly Kagan.
所以当然小左才是。
Shelly Kagan And you want to know which one's Shelly Kagan?
你想知道谁是?
So imagining a world in which Shelly exists but Kagan doesn't or Kagan exists but Shelly doesn't, that's trying to imagine a world in which I exist but I don't.
所以想象在一个世界里薛立存在,而卡根不存在或者卡根存在而薛立不存在,这就像是要想象在一个世界里,我存在而我不存在
Shelly Kagan And we have to ask ourselves,Who's Shelly Kagan?
我们就要自问,谁才是?
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