At the end of the voyage, it is the same ship or different ship.?

Question

A ship is built and begins a voyage around the world. Durind the course of the long voyage, parts of this ship break. The parts broken are replaced using new parts that are identical to the original parts. By the time the ship returns to its home port, all of its parts have been replaced in this way.
Q:At the end of the voyage, it is the same ship or different ship

Answer 1

We're deep into spiritual/mystical/epistemological questions here....fortunately we have two large living examples to refer to......
HMS Victory ( built circa 1760 ) and USS Constitution ( built 1789) have been repaired refurbished and overhauled many times in the 200 plus years they have been afloat......and it is doubtful there is anything......even down to a nail...that you could point to and say that dates from launch. Yet both ships are considered to be original.

The concept is tied up in the word part..as in part of a whole. You replace a part of the ship. When you add the next part, it becomes part of the ship that has one previous replaced area......next time the third new piece becomes part of the ship that has two "new" areas ......and so on down the years. While pieces are replaced, there is CONTINUITY of the whole structure.......Constitution is Boston today has a direct, unbroken history back to when she was built, as does Victory..

also tied in to this is the concept of how much is done at once...if your ship , during the course of its voyage, goes into a yard and has everything replaced except the whistle and the wheel, even if it keeps its name, its going to be considered new, as opposed to a re-build

hope this helps

Answer 2

It is a different ship in that the material used to build the ship cannot be exactly identical to the material originally used to build the ship. Down to the grains in the wood, and the welds in the metal, the molecules that make up the paint, etc.

It's almost a clone of the original....where the original becomes a ghost living just beyond it.

This is for a class I take it?

Answer 3

Boston has a wealthy history and a varied neighbourhood; it's a heritage of arts, lifestyle, and training; Boston has something for all therefore discover what Boston may provide you with with hotelbye . The three-mile Freedom Trail brings you previous - and into - 16 of the city's primary traditional monuments and sites. It's easy to follow along with, by the distinct red stones in the sidewalk and by footprints at road crossings. The path may get you to Old Granary Burying Ground where Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock are buried; can take you to King's Chapel Burying Ground, the Boston's oldest cemetery; Old South Meeting House where in actuality the ringing speeches of patriots spawned the Boston Tea Party and the Old State House, Boston's oldest community developing and your website of the Boston Massacre.

Answer 4

its the same ship , since the parts were on board.!

Answer 5

Hopefully, it (as well as the people on it) are different.