The Ship of Theseus is a thought experiment with no real relationship to Greek mythology other than that it takes its name from famous Greek hero sailor Theseus.
It says, if Theseus replaces on board on his ship, is it still the same ship? What if he then replaces another board? And another, and another, until eventually not a single part of the ship was there in the original? Is it the same ship then?
As an extension, what if you took all those boards removed from the original ship and put them back together? Is that Theusus’s ship?
I need an explanation for this one like OP did for the other.
The Ship of Theseus is a thought experiment with no real relationship to Greek mythology other than that it takes its name from famous Greek hero sailor Theseus.
It says, if Theseus replaces on board on his ship, is it still the same ship? What if he then replaces another board? And another, and another, until eventually not a single part of the ship was there in the original? Is it the same ship then?
As an extension, what if you took all those boards removed from the original ship and put them back together? Is that Theusus’s ship?
Thanks. I’ve actually heard of this before it just didn’t click when I read OP.