Ship of Theseus

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Ship of Theseus is a classic philosophical thought experiment that questions whether an object that has had all its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object.

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instanceOf identity paradox ⓘ
metaphysical puzzle ⓘ
philosophical thought experiment ⓘ
associatedWithPhilosopher David Hume ⓘ
Heraclitus (by thematic connection) ⓘ
linked to: Heraclitus

John Locke ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
Thomas Hobbes ⓘ
firstKnownSource Plutarch ⓘ
firstKnownWork Life of Theseus ⓘ
hasMainTheme change and identity ⓘ
mereology ⓘ
numerical identity ⓘ
object persistence ⓘ
persistence of identity over time ⓘ
personal identity (by analogy) ⓘ
problem of material constitution ⓘ
qualitative identity ⓘ
hasModernUsage metaphor for organizations or systems that change components over time ⓘ
hasQuestion What conditions are necessary and sufficient for an object to persist ⓘ
Whether an object remains the same when all its parts are replaced ⓘ
hasQuestion Whether continuity of form or continuity of matter grounds identity ⓘ
hasScenario A second ship reconstructed from the original discarded planks ⓘ
A ship whose planks are gradually replaced over time ⓘ
historicalContext Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
influenced modern debates on personal identity ⓘ
science fiction treatments of teleportation and duplication ⓘ
involvesNotion essential vs accidental properties ⓘ
part-whole relations ⓘ
spatiotemporal continuity ⓘ
temporal continuity ⓘ
raisesProblem Whether identity can be duplicated ⓘ
Whether identity is preserved through gradual change ⓘ
Which of the two resulting ships, if any, is the original ship ⓘ
relatedConcept Theseus ⓘ
brain transplant thought experiments ⓘ
bundle theory of objects ⓘ
endurantism ⓘ
four-dimensionalism ⓘ
paradox of the heap (sorites paradox) ⓘ
perdurantism ⓘ
substance theory ⓘ
teletransportation paradox ⓘ
usedAs illustration of paradox of replacement ⓘ
intuitive test case for theories of persistence ⓘ
teaching example for identity over time ⓘ
usedInField logic ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
ontology ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ

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