Week 2 & 3 Assignment

Francisco Herrada

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Philosophy

Who are YOU?

I am Frankie, a happy tall boy who is a student, and a son. I live in Key West. My eyes are hazel and I have a light skin tone. I have dark hair and love to decorate my room and my house. I am a bookkeeper and am in the process of becoming a CPA.

In future, I am going to be a changed person. I am going to be better, and a more functional CPA. I will be continuously changing throughout my life. I used to be a different person 10 years ago. A shy and timid person who changed over time due to interactions with different new people and due to circumstances. Every new person introduced me to a new me. Every life event added something new into my personality which makes me who I am today, be it good or bad.

I have different identities when I am alone with myself, when I am with my family and when I am with my friends and maybe a different person when I am in any social gathering. Even my real-life identity is very much different from my social media identities. I might be a very outgoing and bold person on social media but a quiet person in real life. Or I might be a low-key person on social media but a life-of-the-party kind of person in real life. It all depends on what I portray myself to be. Only I would be knowing the real me. Only I would be knowing my deepest secrets and I would know what I am. Frankie, a happy tall boy, a bookkeeper and home lover, or Frankie, an adventure-loving guy who loves to explore the world out there.

2) How many pieces of the (Ship of Theseus) can we change before we change the ship?

As many pieces can be replaced because the planks do not define the CORE. They are a piece of the ship, but they still hold what was once the Ship of Theseus. The foundation and integrity will thus be intact. History would never change. It’s like your hammer. The hammer of Abraham has been modified but still holds the same purpose. The look may seem different but would continue to be remembered in honor of Abraham just as the ship. There are many ways to answer this question. The affiliation of the ship will always remain and will go back to Theseus. The parts may change, the structure, new replaces the old, looks may get better or different which may vary from the very original, but the core of the ship will remain intact. The identity to which it belongs, the core and roots of the ship will remain integral to its source, its reason for existence and that reason is its identity of Theseus.

Sometimes things may move far away and change to a different state as to what they were first with their owner. Even the owner of the things may change or replaced but the reason for coming into existence of that thing, the first owner will remain same. Later changes, may come of its shape but the variation in shape can never change the ship. It will never change its historical significance.

The possession of something may not always signify the ownership. One thing may be possessed by someone but the owner can be a different person. It is the case with all the historical monuments and buildings. The historical significance and identity of those buildings still belong to its builders though changed over the course of time and later being in possession of the successors. So the ship in a similar way, no matter how much significant the changes may occur.

Critical Analysis: 

The identity is something which belongs to a particular person, or incident. It may change over some time, it may vary but the core of every identity will remain same. The reason for identity formation will remain the same. The identities can be very different at the same time but the root of all these different identities will be one single cause.

Works Cited

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaEmNNFhOHE#action=share