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Recently we repaired a very old, wooden rowboat, patching leaks in the hull, replacing the seat, applying a fresh coat of paint, and wondering all the while how many times these tasks had been repeated over the decades that the boat has been in use. Our work also reminded us of the ancient Greek story of the ship of Theseus — a story of personal identity that has challenged philosophers throughout the ages (Nozick 1981).
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Lester, F.K., Lambdin, D.V. (1998). The Ship of Theseus and Other Metaphors for Thinking about what We Value in Mathematics Education Research. In: Sierpinska, A., Kilpatrick, J. (eds) Mathematics Education as a Research Domain: A Search for Identity. New ICMI Studies Series, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5470-3_28
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