So, the first half of the class is going to be concerned

所以课程的前半部分将会集中在
with questions about the nature of death.

死亡本质的问题上
What happens when we die?

我们死亡时发生了什么
Indeed, to get at that question,

事实上要解决这个问题
the first thing we're going to have to think about is what are we?

我们首先要考虑的是我们是什么
What kind of an entity is a person?

人是一种什么样的实体
In particular, do we have souls,

特别是我们有灵魂吗
and for this class when I talk about a soul,

在这节课上我所说的灵魂
what I'm going to mean is sort of a bit of philosophical jargon.

是哲学中的术语
I'm going to mean something immaterial,

我的意思是指某些非物质的东西
something distinct from our bodies.

某些区别于我们身体的东西
Do we have immaterial souls,

我们有非物质的灵魂吗