I wrote an article recently about free will and actually concluded that it's simply impossible in the sense that people think of it normally. — James McSharry
To say that it isn't relevant because Theseus' Ship is based on opinions I think is flawed - the ship cannot be both X and not X, and as such some people's opinions must simply be wrong - this is the law of noncontradiction. — James McSharry
You didn't answer the question. OK, we both think identity, or the 'self', is not a thing. But what then makes me now responsible for an act done by a person yesterday (with whom I do not share numeric identity), but which is consisdered 'me' ?Totally agree - I wrote an article recently about free will and actually concluded that it's simply impossible in the sense that people think of it normally. Not sure what you think of determinism haha a lot of people tell me to stop being stupid when I spurt on about how there is no legitimate choice! — James McSharry
If I am cloned, which half gets to keep the job? — noAxioms
To say that it isn't relevant because Theseus' Ship is based on opinions I think is flawed - the ship cannot be both X and not X, and as such some people's opinions must simply be wrong - this is the law of noncontradiction. — James McSharry
I think I have come up with the solution to dilemma of the Ship Of Theseus. — James McSharry
For one, aside from whether "space makes x useful" is true for everything or even (at least unequivocally) for all of the examples you present, it seems like you're conflating usefulness and identity. — Terrapin Station
We can assume that space makes a river useful, but that's different from saying either that (a) space is what makes a river a river, or (b) space is what makes that particular river that particular river, with a constant identity. — Terrapin Station
And accepting the "space makes it useful" perspective, we can simply ask to what extent the space has to change for the Ship of Theseus to not still be the (same) Ship of Theseus. — Terrapin Station
I disagree. I don't think you've thought through what "identity" really means on a practical basis.
The space is what the boat was designed and constructed for. It is the objective of the boat building process. How a ship will be used and continues to be used is a bigger part of it's identity than some specific piece of wood. — T Clark
Many rivers are dry for long-periods during the year. They don't stop being rivers. If there's a flood, and water starts running in locations where it doesn't normally, is that suddenly a river? — T Clark
As I explained earlier, on my view, this is simply a matter of learning about how individuals formulate their concepts. There are not right or wrong answers. — Terrapin Station
Yeah, I agree with that. — Terrapin Station
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