Ship_Of_Theseus

Ship Of Theseus 1.) Introduction The problem to be addressed in this paper deals with the Ship of Theseus, and the problem can be summarized as follows: 1.) A ship sailing around the world replaces its parts until no original parts remain. 2.) Someone then reassembles all of the original parts. 3.) Which ship is the ‘original’ ship' The problem itself is paradoxical in nature and it would be foolish to assert that a definitive conclusion to this problem exists. Problems like this are assigned by teachers so that they may assess a students ability to present a clear and concise argument, regardless of what their conclusion is. It is at this point that I will state that this paper contains no definitive conclusion to this problem. The problem, as it has been laid out, is lacking what I consider to be very pertinent information. While mulling possible outcomes to this problem, I found myself asking two very important questions. Try as I might, without the answers to these questions, I was unable to reach a proper conclusion to this problem. In actuality, even with the answers to these questions, I still would not be able to give a definitive answer to this problem. So ship, house, theseus, conclusion, problem, parts, out, crew, original, worn, relative’s, just, however, because, sail, context, come, cannot, ships, replacement, relatives, presented, myself, identical, different, contains, been, within, two, trusted, sure, questions, perception, nothing, next