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Single Idea 17589

[filed under theme 9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 9. Ship of Theseus ]

Full Idea

If you have rejected the Principle of the Transitivity of (vague) Identity, it is hard to see how the problem of the Ship of Theseus could arise.

Gist of Idea

If you reject transitivity of vague identity, there is no Ship of Theseus problem

Source

Peter van Inwagen (Material Beings [1990], 18)

Book Ref

Inwagen,Peter van: 'Material Beings' [Cornell 1995], p.266

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A Reaction

I think this may well be the best solution to the whole problem

Related Idea

Idea 17588 We should talk of the transitivity of 'identity', and of 'definite identity' [Inwagen]