Felix: Interesting example of the "transitivity" of the verb "heal" in the context of my discussion. From Wordnik.com. [On Healing] Reference
˜said of™ primary substances, so is the genus (recall the transitivity of the ˜said of™ relation). From Wordnik.com. [Aristotle's Metaphysics] Reference
Unless there are constraints on how the objects of choice are individuated, conditions of rationality such as transitivity are empty. From Wordnik.com. [Philosophy of Economics] Reference
I have illustrated how we might develop a rule of transitivity which is useful on journeys from place to place. From Wordnik.com. [Half an Hour] Reference
All of these are weakenings of the transitivity of. From Wordnik.com. [Preferences] Reference
Transworld identity and the transitivity of identity. From Wordnik.com. [Transworld Identity] Reference
So by transitivity of identity, form = nature = essence. From Wordnik.com. [Spinoza's Physical Theory] Reference
This is obviously valid by the transitivity of inclusion. From Wordnik.com. [The Statue of a Writer] Reference
K axioms together with applications of the transitivity rule. From Wordnik.com. [Combinatory Logic] Reference
The transitivity principle, (17), is a bit more controversial. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Dreams Of Reality, 3] Reference
By transitivity, the assassin's action caused the king's death. From Wordnik.com. [Probabilistic Causation] Reference
For transitivity to apply, you have to assume a premise that I reject. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Hillary Doesn't Have To Apologize For 2002 Iraq Vote] Reference
The transitivity of causation fits with some of our explanatory practices. From Wordnik.com. [My Shasta Daisy] Reference
Section 4 above, is to invoke the principle of the transitivity of causation. From Wordnik.com. [Probabilistic Causation] Reference
These specify respectively the asymmetry and transitivity of the part relation. From Wordnik.com. [StanisÅaw LeÅniewski] Reference
However there are instances where SVO is favoured and this concerns transitivity. From Wordnik.com. [Etruscan Dictionary Draft 002 now available] Reference
Cut, a form of transitivity, is another crucial feature of consequence relations. From Wordnik.com. [Non-monotonic Logic] Reference
A classic type of counterexample to transitivity is the so-called Sorites Paradox. From Wordnik.com. [Preferences] Reference
There seem to be failures of transitivity that cannot be resolved by fine-graining. From Wordnik.com. [The Metaphysics of Causation] Reference
Currently -u is only called a "passive participle" without reference to transitivity. From Wordnik.com. [Etruscans, the status quo and the unpopularity of bold questioning] Reference
The second reply to the transitivity argument is to deny that causation is transitive. From Wordnik.com. [The Metaphysics of Causation] Reference
transitivity: The second main argument for fineness is that it preserves transitivity. From Wordnik.com. [The Metaphysics of Causation] Reference
Given our sample criterion of identity, and assuming the transitivity of identity, P and. From Wordnik.com. [Relative Identity] Reference
The second objection was Reid's, about transitivity of identity in the Brave Officer case. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Identity and Ethics] Reference
The researchers found that in-degree, transitivity and centrality are "significantly heritable.". From Wordnik.com. [Genes and the Friends You Make] Reference
Where there is a mismatch of this kind, we do not have a genuine counterexample to transitivity. From Wordnik.com. [My Shasta Daisy] Reference
She comes at the question of transitivity by considering some results reported by Sergent (1990). From Wordnik.com. [The Unity of Consciousness] Reference
˜On the transitivity of say-Verbs™ in P. Hopper & S. Thompson (Eds.), S.udies in transitivity. From Wordnik.com. [Quotation] Reference
This contradicts transitivity of indifference, and therefore also transitivity of weak preference. From Wordnik.com. [Preferences] Reference
Assuming that B prefers more money to less, these choices appear to be a violation of transitivity. From Wordnik.com. [Philosophy of Economics] Reference
The described situation yields a preference cycle, which contradicts transitivity of strict preference. From Wordnik.com. [Preferences] Reference
A preference relation has an exact value representation only if it satisfies both completeness and transitivity. From Wordnik.com. [Preferences] Reference
Given that he also prefers setting 4 to setting 3, he would (assuming transitivity) prefer setting 4 to setting 0. From Wordnik.com. [Dynamic Choice] Reference
Given that he also prefers setting 3 to setting 2, he would (assuming transitivity) prefer setting 3 to setting 0. From Wordnik.com. [Dynamic Choice] Reference
The standard comparative relations are binary; transitivity with respect to them is a separate condition (Hsieh 2005, 195). From Wordnik.com. [Incommensurable Values] Reference
Properties such as completeness, transitivity and acyclicity can be transferred from exclusionary to combinative preferences. From Wordnik.com. [Preferences] Reference
Prophasi: And yes, transitivity does of course get enforced on the site AB and BC implies that AC, since the results are linear. From Wordnik.com. [FlickChart Makes Movie Ranking Fun | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
These “failures of the transitivity of preference” would not occur if people had a well-defined consistent set of preferences. From Wordnik.com. [Evolutionary Game Theory] Reference
These considerations add to the controversy of the normative justification of transitivity and completeness as rationality requirements. From Wordnik.com. [Preferences] Reference
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