My MSc thesis from 2016 critically evaluating the solution to the Ship of Thesis problem which denies that there ever was a ship to begin with (mereological nihilism).

@steeznson · 7 months ago

My MSc thesis from 2016 critically evaluating the solution to the Ship of Thesis problem which denies that there ever was a ship to begin with (mereological nihilism).

@steeznson · 7 months ago

tl;dr I thought the solution lacked explanatory power, particularly in terms of the sciences where it does not seem possible to collapse the “higher” sciences (biology, psychology) down into the “lower” ones (physics) whilst accurately describing the world.

My MSc thesis from 2016 critically evaluating the solution to the Ship of Thesis problem which denies that there ever was a ship to begin with (mereological nihilism).

My MSc thesis from 2016 critically evaluating the solution to the Ship of Thesis problem which denies that there ever was a ship to begin with (mereological nihilism).

Dissertation.pdf