positing

基本解释

Because I think positing a soul doesn't really yet offer us the explanation.
因为我认为灵魂存在的假设并未,给予我们一个合理的解释
After all, she is the one positing the "inverse relationship"①between the notions of being Chinese and being foreign.
要知道，她是个把对立的“反比关系”放到中国人与外国人的概念间的人。
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For some Christians today, that means positing a loving God who would never in a millennium condemn such people to hell in such an arbitrary fashion.
对于一些今天的基督徒,这意味着同样一个慈爱的上帝从未想定在年这样的人,在这样一个任意地狱的时尚。

But dualism doesn't so much offer the explanation typically as just say, "Well, maybe we'd be better off positing something immaterial."
但是二元论还没有给出,这样的解释,也许我们假设非物质的存在会好一些
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Because positing them allows you explain things about the rotation of the star or the gravitational fluctuations, what have you.
因为这样假定能帮助你解释,诸如星体运行,引力波动,等现象
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Because I think positing a soul doesn't really yet offer us the explanation.
因为我认为灵魂存在的假设并未,给予我们一个合理的解释
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Positing that the government can provide health insurance at a lower cost than the private sector.
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If you posit something, you suggest or assume it as the basis for an argument or calculation.