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The Ship of Theseus paradox questions whether an object that has had all its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object. This relates to questions about personal identity - whether we remain the same person as our body and mind continuously change. The document analyzes arguments that identity is determined solely by physical form or psychological continuity, finding flaws in both, and proposes that personal identity results from the continuity of both physical and psychological traits over t
- Author
- Grant Demaree
- Language
- EN