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