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Single Idea 3351

[filed under theme 9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 8. Continuity of Rivers ]

Full Idea

One can step into the same river twice, but one must not expect to step into the same water.

Gist of Idea

One can step into the same river twice, but not into the same water

Source

José A. Benardete (Metaphysics: the logical approach [1989], Ch.21)

Book Ref

Benardete,José A.: 'Metaphysics: The Logical Approach' [OUP 1989], p.156

The 9 ideas with the same theme [is a river the same as the water in the river?]:

11091 You can bathe in the same river twice, but not in the same river stage [Quine on Heraclitus]
427 It is not possible to step twice into the same river [Heraclitus]
579 Cratylus said you couldn't even step into the same river once [Cratylus, by Aristotle]
16793 A thing is (less properly) the same over time if each part is succeeded by another [Buridan]
17257 It is the same river if it has the same source, no matter what flows in it [Hobbes]
21303 We accept the identity of a river through change, because it is the river's nature [Hume]
15256 Humeans cannot step in the same river twice, because they cannot strictly form the concept of 'river' [Harré/Madden]
3351 One can step into the same river twice, but not into the same water [Benardete,JA]
21632 A river is not just event; it needs actual and counterfactual boundaries [Williamson]