The SOOP Principle: Continuity, Replacement and Identity

If you replace the parts of something one by one, is it still the same thing? Stephen Ogoro Ogwora revisits the ancient puzzle of the Ship of Theseus and sets out his own answer, the Stephen Ogoro Ogwora Principle (SOOP): replacing some parts of an entity need not change its identity, as long as continuity and connection with the original are kept.

A short, clearly argued philosophical paper on change, replacement, connection and the persistence of identity in objects, organisms, institutions and people.