A Crisis of Coherence, A Choice of Resonance: The Ship of Theseus and the Problem of Identity through Judgemental Philosophy

This paper reinterprets the classic metaphysical problem of identity, the 'Ship of Theseus,' through the structural lens of Judgemental Philosophy (JP). We argue that this paradox is not a problem of a mysterious, inherent 'sameness' in the object, but rather a 'crisis of judgement' that occurs when a judging subject is confronted with two powerful, competing 'Coherence (C2) structures' for a single object. In this crisis, the final judgement is determined by which coherence structure elicits a stronger 'Resonance (R)'—the return of meaning—for the subject. Through this analysis, this paper argues that identity is not a fixed property of an object, but a context-dependent and fluid 'resonant state' that a subject's judgemental structure forms with the object. This offers a new solution to the problem of identity.