| 1. | As a start, let us try to answer the fqp with science
首先，让我们试着用科学来回答哲学基本问题。 |
| 2. | Another possible irrationality in the fqp is contained in the word " why "
哲学基本问题中的“为什么”这几个字包含了另一种非理性的可能。 |
| 3. | Analysis of the fqp leads to a clear understanding of the relation between theism and science
对哲学基本问题的分析导致了对有神论和科学之间关系的明确理解。 |
| 4. | This incoherence amounts to merely a denial either of the meaning of the fqp, or an unwillingness to face its meaning
这种语无伦次完全等于否定哲学基本问题的意义，或者不愿面对它的意义。 |
| 5. | In the first of these, the claim of irrationality may rest on the phrase " nothing at all " contained within the fqp
在第一种观点中，关于非理性的主张可能是由于哲学基本问题所包含的“无”这种说法。 |
| 6. | Returning to the task of answering the fqp, pick anything-- say a drop of water-- and ask yourself : why is there this thing
现在回到哲学基本问题上来，随便拿一样东西来问你自己，比如一滴水：为什么会有水这种东西？ |
| 7. | At this point, the fqp requires you to ask why this basis-- the set of concepts and equations underlying physics-- exists
于是，哲学基本问题要求你提出一个新的问题：为什么存在这种基础，即为什么存在为物理学奠定基础的成套的概念和方程式。 |
| 8. | Others feel that the fqp can have meaning only if one believes that the universe was created at some time, before which there was neither time nor universe
有人觉得只有当一个人相信宇宙是在某个时间被创造出来的时候，哲学基本问题才有意义，在那之前既没有时间，也没有宇宙。 |
| 9. | Since there is no reason to assume that every cause has human-style motivation, and certainly no scientific cause includes motivation, the fqp seems to include an irrational assumption
由于没有理由假定每个原因都有人类形式的动机，而且任何科学原因肯定也都不包含动机，所以哲学基本问题似乎包含的一个非理性的假定。 |
