Ship of Theseus

Summary

Ship of Theseus is a thought experiment^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of thought_experiment entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,903 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ship of Theseus's image is recorded as Ship of Theseus.svg^[3].
• Ship of Theseus's instance of is recorded as thought experiment^[4].
• Ship of Theseus's instance of is recorded as paradox^[5].
• Theseus is named after Ship of Theseus^[6].
• Ship of Theseus's Commons category is recorded as Ship of Theseus^[7].
• Ship of Theseus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01nnzh^[8].
• Ship of Theseus's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Heraclitus^[9].
• Ship of Theseus's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Plato^[10].
• Ship of Theseus's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Plutarch^[11].
• Ship of Theseus's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Thomas Hobbes^[12].
• Ship of Theseus's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as John Locke^[13].
• Ship of Theseus's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Theodore Sider^[14].
• Ship of Theseus's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Noam Chomsky^[15].
• Ship of Theseus's main subject is recorded as continuity^[16].
• Ship of Theseus's main subject is recorded as identity^[17].
• Ship of Theseus's used by is recorded as ontology engineering^[18].
• Ship of Theseus's BBC Things ID is recorded as 8dece968-6b05-4df4-b720-6294b3dc5cb3^[19].
• Ship of Theseus's different from is recorded as Ship of Theseus^[20].
• Ship of Theseus's uses is recorded as ship^[21].
• Ship of Theseus's uses is recorded as axe^[22].
• Ship of Theseus's has list is recorded as list of Ship of Theseus examples^[23].
• Ship of Theseus's studied by is recorded as philosophy^[24].
• Ship of Theseus's studied by is recorded as philosophy of mind^[25].
• Ship of Theseus's studied by is recorded as philosophy of law^[26].
• Ship of Theseus's Quora topic ID is recorded as Theseus-Paradox^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Ship of Theseus include Ship of Harkinian^[28], a video game^[29].

Why It Matters

Ship of Theseus ranks in the top 5% of thought_experiment entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,903 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Ship of Harkinian^[28], a video game^[29].