Allen's contribution was to take an assumption we all share——that because we are not robots we therefore control our thoughts——and reveal its erroneous nature.(2011,46)
assumption 假设 n.
大致翻译:艾伦的贡献在于提出了一个我们都曾经想过的假设,这个假设是因为我们不是机器人因此我们控制我们的想法,并且艾伦揭示了这个假设的错误的本质。