Friday, April 02, 2021

The Ship of Theseus and the Question of Identity


The Ship of Theseus was rebuilt over the centuries as wood rotted and broke, so at what point did it stop being the original, and when did it become something else? 

Within the span of seven years, every cell of your body will die and be replaced—you literally are not the same person you once were. 

If this is the case, where lies our identity and psyche? 

At what point does an object become different? 

When we talk about a certain object and say that “it changed,” what exactly is “it”?