Semantically, yes. Ship of Theseus is, by definition, a ship owned/used by Theseus. Even if he swapped ships in a dock somewhere, he would still arrive in the Ship of Theseus.
If it is the same ship, I'd argue that no, it isn't, and it stops being one the second you switch the first plank. I am a different person than I was yesterday, just as I am a different person than I was a minute ago. A bacteria in my stomach just died and I feel marginally different than I did two seconds ago.
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Semantically, yes. Ship of Theseus is, by definition, a ship owned/used by Theseus. Even if he swapped ships in a dock somewhere, he would still arrive in the Ship of Theseus.
If it is the same ship, I'd argue that no, it isn't, and it stops being one the second you switch the first plank. I am a different person than I was yesterday, just as I am a different person than I was a minute ago. A bacteria in my stomach just died and I feel marginally different than I did two seconds ago.