Of course it is still that person. Memory, mind, and personal identity are unaffected by the process, and so there is no reason to think that the reassembled person is not the "real" person.
I think that too much emphasis is being placed on this word, "real." What is is real, correct? Theseus has a rebuilt ship, the thief has a ship built of the pieces of what was Theseus' ship. Either way, what was no longer is.
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Of course it is still that person. Memory, mind, and personal identity are unaffected by the process, and so there is no reason to think that the reassembled person is not the "real" person.
I think that too much emphasis is being placed on this word, "real." What is is real, correct? Theseus has a rebuilt ship, the thief has a ship built of the pieces of what was Theseus' ship. Either way, what was no longer is.
[Wow, that... is dated technology.]
That seems a waste of glasses.