autismdragon [he/him, they/them] to philosophy • 9 months agoIs it the same article?imagemessage-square16 fedilinkarrow-up1150
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minus-squaretheposterformerlyknownasgoodhexbear13·9 months agoIf you gradually remove all the bits of the ship and make a new ship out of all the bits you replaced, which ship would be the original? link
minus-squareMrShankles@reddthat.comhexbear11·9 months agoNeither. It was never the bits that made the ship, but the ship that was made from the bits gathered along the way linkfedilink
minus-squareJohnBrownNote [comrade/them, des/pair]hexbear2·9 months agothat's an "oh fuck off" question because you can't actually do that. Wearing parts would be dust, a broken board would still be broken, etc and an "all the replaced parts" reconstitution wouldn't hold its shape. link
minus-squaretheposterformerlyknownasgoodhexbear6·9 months agoYou are injecting the idea that bits are broken into the thought experiment link
minus-squareJohnBrownNote [comrade/them, des/pair]hexbear2·9 months agono, that's what happens when wood rots. link
minus-squareVenus [she/her]hexbear3·edit-29 months agoNo part of the original question necessarily indicates any wood has rotted, you added that Edit: no wait, I see. Some internet random in 2003 added that. Either way it's not a fundamental part of the thought experiment link
If you gradually remove all the bits of the ship and make a new ship out of all the bits you replaced, which ship would be the original?
Neither. It was never the bits that made the ship, but the ship that was made from the bits gathered along the way
that's an "oh fuck off" question because you can't actually do that. Wearing parts would be dust, a broken board would still be broken, etc and an "all the replaced parts" reconstitution wouldn't hold its shape.
You are injecting the idea that bits are broken into the thought experiment
no, that's what happens when wood rots.
No part of the original question necessarily indicates any wood has rotted, you added that
Edit: no wait, I see. Some internet random in 2003 added that. Either way it's not a fundamental part of the thought experiment