{"product_id":"after-the-last-plank-ryan-p-scott-9798261899105","title":"After the Last Plank: Identity, Continuity, and the Ship of Theseus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA ship leaves harbor.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver time, every plank is replaced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt some point, nothing of the original vessel remains.\u003cbr\u003eThe service record continues anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter the Last Plank\u003c\/i\u003e uses the Ship of Theseus thought experiment to examine personal identity once continuity stops being obvious and starts being procedural.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about finding your true self.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a book about what survives change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no final answer to the paradox.\u003cbr\u003eThere is only the question it keeps asking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat still counts as \"you\"?\u003cbr\u003eAnd for whom?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book does not offer advice, comfort, or resolution.\u003cbr\u003eIt describes what happens when the idea of a stable self wears out, but life continues to hold you accountable anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ryan P. Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798261899105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Ryan P. Scott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997311742207,"sku":"9798261899105","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/after-the-last-plank-ryan-p-scott-9798261899105","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}