If we had a wooden ship and we removed a splinter and replaced it with a new splinter. Then we continued splinter by splinter until the whole ship has been replaced. Would it still be the same ship? At what point is it not the same ship? If you gave me a hand transplant, would I not still be me?
Now imagine we kept all the original splinters and assembled them into a ship. Obviously it is the original ship, but what does that make the first ship now?
If we had a wooden ship and we removed a splinter and replaced it with a new splinter. Then we continued splinter by splinter until the whole ship has been replaced. Would it still be the same ship? At what point is it not the same ship? If you gave me a hand transplant, would I not still be me?
Now imagine we kept all the original splinters and assembled them into a ship. Obviously it is the original ship, but what does that make the first ship now?