Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Zombie

Chinese translation:

僵尸

Added to glossary by Justin Lai
Apr 17, 2006 03:31
18 yrs ago
English term

Zombie

English to Chinese Medical Philosophy
If you want a good head of hair, it is necessary to exist. However, cognitive philosophy also boasts an entire bestiary of creatures who are universally agreed not to exist but who are nonetheless employed as thought experiments to draw out the implications of different philosophical positions. The Martian lacks humanity, but has consciousness and observable behaviour; the Zombie has humanity and behaviour, but lacks consciousness (Midgely, 2004); the Robot has neither humanity nor consciousness, but has behaviour (Kirk, 1986). If we make these up into a table (Table 1), we find that there are vacant spaces for people who have humanity but neither consciousness nor behaviour, and people who have humanity and consciousness but no behav¬iour; and these gaps have been filled by recruiting people in PVS and locked-in syndrome (LIS).如果你想要有一头好头发,那么头发必须存在。然而,认知哲学也鼓吹一整套的动物寓言集, 一致认为它们是不存在的,但不管怎样都被用来做思想实验,从而得出不同的哲学立场的寓义。 火星人没有人性,但是具备意识和可见的行为;蛇神具备人性和行为能力,但是缺少意识(米格利 2004);机器人既没有人性也没有意识,但是具备行为能力(Kirk,1986)。如果我们把这些填到表格(表1)中,就会发现有些空格:即有的人有人性却既没有意识也没有行为能力,有的人有人性和意识却没有行为能力;而这些空格则刚好能被PVS患者和闭锁综合症患者(LIS)填充。

Discussion

Xiaoping Fu Apr 17, 2006:
是这里的火星人、机器人不可能收在那本故事集里。所以,寓言集应该是一般的比喻,而不时特指某一本书。
Jing Nie (asker) Apr 17, 2006:
动物寓言一部中世纪故事集,用现实或寓言形式描写真实存在或想象中的动物,并赋予每一种被认为具体化的动物以道德意义上的解释。一些有关自然史的普遍错误概念被保存于这些流行故事中

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僵尸

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zom·bie also zom·bi (zŏm'bē)
n., pl. zom·bies also zom·bis.
A snake god of voodoo cults in West Africa, Haiti, and the southern United States.
A supernatural power or spell that according to voodoo belief can enter into and reanimate a corpse.
A corpse revived in this way.
One who looks or behaves like an automaton.
A tall mixed drink made of various rums, liqueur, and fruit juice.
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还魂尸

放在句子里:“还魂尸有人性和行为能力,但没有意识。”

此外,“动物寓言集”的译法值得商榷。

Peer comment(s):

agree Wenjer Leuschel (X) : 台灣有人稱之為「活死人」,「還魂屍」倒是個不錯的稱法。
10 hrs
谢谢!
agree Philip Tang
13 hrs
谢谢!
agree Justin Lai
6 days
谢谢!
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巫毒崇拜, 蛇神,生性怪癖的人

all from dictionaries.

1. a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
2. (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
3. a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies
4. someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
5. several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur

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