求问一句话的意思。。

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问最后一句话的意思，具体来说，其实是最后一个逗号之后，木有看懂。。。

Historically, a cornerstone of classical empiricism has been the notion that every true generalization must be confirmable by specific observations. In classical empiricism, the truth of ―All balls are red,‖ for example, is assessed by inspecting balls; any observation of a non red ball refutes unequivocally the proposed generalization.
For W.V.O. Quine, however, this constitutes an overly ―narrow‖ conception of empiricism. ―All balls are red,‖ he maintains, forms one strand within an entire web of statements (our knowledge); individual observations can be referred only to this web as a whole. As new observations are collected, he explains, they must be integrated into the web. Problems occur only if a contradiction develops between a new observation, say, ―That ball is blue,‖ and the preexisting statements. In that case, he argues, any statement or combination of statements (not merely the offending generalization, as in classical empiricism) can be altered to achieve the fundamental requirement, a system free of contradictions, even if, in some cases, the alteration consists of labeling the new observation a hallucination.

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我的理解是 Any system or combination of systems can be altered, but a system free of contradictions ( alternation consists of labeling the new observation修饰这个system) is merely a hallucination.

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crazyrobin 发表于 2012-12-11 16:48
我的理解是 Any system or combination of systems can be altered, but a system free of contradictions  ...

那 the alteration consists of labeling the new observation 这个是什么意思丫？

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Model_KT 发表于 2012-12-11 18:10
那 the alteration consists of labeling the new observation 这个是什么意思丫？

看了一遍原文，这是36套的第22套吧，开始你黏贴的标点很混乱，正确的理解应该是 statement or combination of statements can be altered, (which) a system free of.....都是形容这个system的，那句话， alternation consists of labeling the new observation a hallucination的意思是即便这样的系统的（free of contradictions)转变含有把新的观点标记为（判定为）幻觉的。

整体的意思是，无冲突和有冲突（也就是combination statemeny）的观点，都是可以转变为可信的观点（总结），即便是其中有一些看似的冲突，（alternation consists of labeling the new observation a hallucination）这些冲突也可以转变。

大意就是有矛盾的（转变，转换后）和没有矛盾的概括都可以为我们所用。

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crazyrobin 发表于 2012-12-11 18:31
看了一遍原文，这是36套的第22套吧，开始你黏贴的标点很混乱，正确的理解应该是 statement or combinat ...

那。。。求问下面这道题目为什么选B啊。。我觉得是A啊。。

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Model_KT 发表于 2012-12-11 20:32
那。。。求问下面这道题目为什么选B啊。。我觉得是A啊。。

A不是Quine认为narrow的原因，A是empiricism的一种表现形式，第一段最后一句说的是Quine认为这种empiricism narrow的原因。 Any of a none red bad refutes unequivocally，B选项正是这个的改写，下面引出 contradiction是说这种contradiction是可以被alter的

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crazyrobin 发表于 2012-12-11 20:56
A不是Quine认为narrow的原因，A是empiricism的一种表现形式，第一段最后一句说的是Quine认为这种empirici ...

所以它文章最后一句话的意思是说：一旦contradiction产生，不管新观点是什么（即使是虚幻），都必须是新观点代替旧观点？
那他最后一句话括号里的（ not merely the "offending" generalization, as in classical empiricism) 是什么意思啊？

我比较笨啦。。。。求大神悉心指点。。。。^^

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Model_KT 发表于 2012-12-11 21:41
所以它文章最后一句话的意思是说：一旦contradiction产生，不管新观点是什么（即使是虚幻），都必须是新观 ...

最后一句话的意思是contradiction也可以被改变。not merely offending generalization就是指 blue ball.

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crazyrobin 发表于 2012-12-11 23:43
最后一句话的意思是contradiction也可以被改变。not merely offending generalization就是指 blue ball.

大神，太牛了！！！！膜拜~~