As Heidegger points out in this passage, that's a thought experiment which, if it can be done at all, derives from that prior knowledge.

海德格尔在文章中指出，这个思想实验，在可以实现的前提下，来源于之前的知识。

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But the state of nature, for him, is rather a kind of thought experiment after the manner of experimental science.

但是对他来说，自然状态，是一种思想的实验,这是在科学实验之后。

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It's an interesting thought experiment to try not to know that that's a sign that says "exit."

一个非常有趣的思想实验是，试着不知道,那是一个写着存在的标志“

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If in my thought experiment I say to my friend, "Well, I know why you're feeling that way.

如果在思维实验中，我对我朋友说，“我知道为什么你会有这样的感觉。

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And what's amazing about the argument is that it works on the basis of a pure thought experiment.

这个论证令人吃惊的就是,它完全只靠思想实验

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And so, Descartes' attempt to establish the distinctness of the mind, the immateriality of the mind, on the basis of this Cartesian thought experiment, I think that's unsuccessful.

所以,笛卡尔试图,用他的卡式思想实验来证明,心灵的独立存在性,和非物质性,我认为这种尝试是失败的

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How would we behave in this kind of thought experiment?

我们在这种思想的实验中是如何表现的？

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I'm a Yale college student, for the purposes of this thought experiment and I live in Pierson because I need to walk a great distance to Chapel Street, to the Starbuck's on Chapel Street.

我是一个耶鲁的学生，出于实验的需要,我住在皮尔逊校园里,我需要走很远的路去新教堂街，去新教堂街上的星巴克店。

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So, let's do a thought experiment.

让我们做一个思维的实验。

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It is a kind of thought experiment.

这是一种思想的实验。

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If that's right, then maybe the conclusion should be "Well, you know, yeah, the Cartesian thought experiment shows that there could be a world in which there are minds that are not identical to bodies.

如果事实如此,那么结论该是,怎么说呢,笛卡尔的思想实验表明,可能存在某个世界,其中存在着,不同于身体的心灵

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Here, the relevant thought experiment was suggested by Robert Nozick, a philosopher who died a few years ago, taught for many years at Harvard.

相关的思维实验,由Robert，Nozick提出，一位几年前，过世的哲学家，他曾在哈佛从教多年。

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