If one plank of a ship is replaced is it still the same? What if another is? And another? At what point does the ship stop being the original ship? Or does it ever? The ship might just have changed so slowly that it appears to have been the same all along. But if some purposeful "adjustments" are made along the way, it might not even be a ship at all anymore.
Building Ships and Arguments
Building Ships and Arguments
Building Ships and Arguments
If one plank of a ship is replaced is it still the same? What if another is? And another? At what point does the ship stop being the original ship? Or does it ever? The ship might just have changed so slowly that it appears to have been the same all along. But if some purposeful "adjustments" are made along the way, it might not even be a ship at all anymore.