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This is a problem with the Ship of Theseus thought experiment as well. When did the Ship of Theseus become a "ship"? With that being nebulous it becomes even st
by midtake 3y ago
This is a problem with the Ship of Theseus thought experiment as well. When did the Ship of Theseus become a "ship"? With that being nebulous it becomes even stranger to discuss whether switching out parts compromises its personal identity.
- pavel_lishin 3y ago> When did the Ship of Theseus become a "ship"? Another submission currently on the front page might help answer that! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38670845 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38670845
- hinkley 3y agoI think that actually simplifies things. You go down to the docks, you see a half assembled ship, you ask about it, and they tell you that’s Hector’s ship. It’s not a ship yet. It’s a promise of a ship, and idea. It’s still Theseus’ ship until he loses it gambling, and whether it continues to be a ship or is sold for scrap and becomes part of five other ships… well then the idea of the ship has died.
- Joker_vD 3y agoWell, obviously the resolution of this apparent paradox is that things/objects don't actually have any "identity" immanent to them, although in most practical circumstances a notion of objects having identities is both useful and roughly accurate. Which is what the deflationist explanation from the page seems to allude to?