The Ship of Theseus

Prompt : You have been given the ship of the Greek hero Theseus. Now, since it is almost 3,000 years since he set sail, the boat (made of wood) has a lot of it has rotten. You replace the rotten wood with good wood and restore the boat just to the way it was when Theseus was around. A few years later, your children and grandchildren also help you out. By the end of this process, your grandchild, John notices that all the wood that was originally on the boat has been replaced.

Is this ship still the ship of Theseus?



- I don't think this is consider to be the ship of Theseus anymore because all the wood has been replaced by some other person. The ship of Theseus would have to be originally from him, not designed by him. By replacing the wood  I am using his design, but re-modifying it, so I would have to get some credit and I don't think that would be called the ship of Theseus anymore; but instead it would be called the ship of Theseus and Claudia. For example,(back in history) when some scientists discovered a discovery and then another scientist re-modify it by changing something or adding to it they decided to call it something else. ( I forgot what discovery was it but I remember that has happened) However, the ship of Theseus has to be made by Theseus and not be the "same" one and just replace the wood because that is not the original wood by Theseus. Some people might say that this is the ship of Theseus because it is his design, but I believe in originality and the hard work that he took to create his own ship; moreover, if the person creates his ship with his design a then, it can be called Theseus ship but it is not consider his ship. The person who modified it would have to take credit, for example, it would be called Theseus ship by blank. The original piece can never be compared to the remade one because the first piece is created with imagination, built with determinization while the reamke is just taking credit for someone else's hard work. Who knows maybe they were payed to replace the wood and did it for the money, not for a good cause like Theseus did.