Ship of Theseus

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This is an interesting post, but shouldn't the picture say "100% Robot" on the right?
Another problem with the cyborg question is it fails to take into account future possibilities. Presumably once a person's brain is replaced with that of a robot, it will never have a human brain again. In contrast, a fetus may not have a fully developed human brain, but we know that, given time, it *will*. Future states are important–we determine whether to pull the plug on coma patients largely based on whether they will–in the future–regain their functionality, or will simply remain comatose. We aren't deciding based on whether they are comatose *right now*–if we did, no coma patient would ever have the chance of recovery. We care about their future possibilities in deciding whether they are "dead to us", and a similar line of thought goes for fetal life, and, I guess, cyborgs.
It should say "0%: Robot". The percentages are all how much organic material is left.
Ah, I get it.
Never experienced this though I have dealt with the when you are a human/Homo Sapiens/person problem. & my work does deal with cyborgs 😉
You want to expand a little here Nulono this is an area I'm reasonably well acquainted with. Other than the uniformed there isn't much debate on whether we are Humans/Homo Sapiens the question many Liberal philosophers will ask is when we are persons.
BTW you could help me with how does the Problem of Universals, Materialism, Nominalism and Essentialism factor into the personhood of a foetus debate?
I'm having trouble on that one.
I could help you if you used smaller words.
Forget about them then, when does a human become a person and what is your reasoning for this?