2021/09/03

Plutarch’s Ship of Theseus

"In the episode, they discuss the Mereological Theory of Identity – the view that the identity of an object depends on the identity of its component parts – versus Spatio-Temporal Continuity Theory – the view that an object can change materials and retain a constant identity as long as the change is gradual and the form or shape of the object is preserved through the changes of its component materials."

 Professor Marc Cohen featured in Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History podcast