PHL 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ninetynine
14 May 2016
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In ancient greece, there was a legendary king named theseus who supposedly founded the city of athens. Since he fought many naval battles, the people of. Athens dedicated a memorial in his honor by preserving his ship in the port. Ship of theseus stayed there for hundreds of years. As time went on, some of the wooden planks of theseus" ship started rotting away. To keep the ship nice and complete, the rotting planks were replaced with new planks made of the same material. This question about a mythical ship is the poster child for one of the most interesting problems in all of philosophy, namely theproblem of identity. We are not answering these questions simply because there are no objective correct answers. Some maintain that changing one plank changes the ship and makes it no longer the ship of theseus.
