The 'Ship of Theseus' Problem [Illustrated]

More Ancient Philosophy is finally here; this time focusing on Plutarch’s famous ‘Ship of Theseus’ dilemma. Promised as long ago as our video on Heraclitus, we shall finally be exploring the nuances of physical identity, and investigate whether objects remain the same over time or become different things entirely. The video makes use of two core theories in ‘mereology’ - essentialism and nihilism, which both have very different and interesting perspectives on how to handle the metaphysical conundrum. Let us know which approach you prefer!

Here are the shopping links for the texts used in the video:
Summa Theologiae: A concise translation (Thomas Aquinas)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Summa-Theolo...

Letters from the Black Sea (Ovid)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Poems-Exile-...

The Age of Anxiety (W.H. Auden)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Age-Anxiety-...

Greek Lives (Plutarch)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Greek-Lives-...

De Corpore (Hobbes)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Elements-Law...

Nausea (Sartre)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nausea-Pengu...

Miles

[Music: ‘Hiraeth’ by Scott Buckley, www.scottbuckley.com.au]