Ship of Theseus

The Ship of Theseus is a replacement paradox also known as Theseus's paradox.

A modern embellishment

If Theseus paid a nontransferable fee, allowed to be used for only one ship, for the privilege of docking in a particular harbor, would he violate the non-transferability of his license if repeated replacement of boards eventually had the result described above?

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The philosophical point of this example is that it sometimes makes sense to regard an object's identity as the same for a particular purpose even if it might be different from some other purpose.

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