A majority may thus prefer alternative a to alternative b whereas a (second) majority prefers b to c; meanwhile, a (third) majority prefers c to a. In the wake of this kind of "intransitivity", the decision rule cannot select an alternative that is unambiguously best for any majority.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Prize in Economics 1998 - Press Release] Reference

The intransitivity of causation revealed in equations and graphs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Causal Processes] Reference

Why be concerned with intransitivity among the three groups as a whole?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Social Security and Intransitivity, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

And this intransitivity can lead the self-torturer down a terrible path.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dynamic Choice] Reference

Background: Riker is deeply impressed by the literature on social intransitivity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Riker and the Mathematician's Fallacy, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Page 282, Volume 4 of intransitivity, at least when there are three candi - dates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference

Bryan's post on the doubtful empirical usefulness of social intransitivity is probably right.    From Wordnik.com.  [EconLog: March 2005 Archives] Reference

They will instead adjust their preferences to eliminate the intransitivity (but see Schick 1986).    From Wordnik.com.  [Philosophy of Economics] Reference

Some defenders of transitivity have replied that our intuitions about the intransitivity of causation in these examples are misleading.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Shasta Daisy] Reference

As spencer points out, it is possible for intransitivity to exist within groups, if two individuals who both claim to be Dems have differing opinions on the valuation of SS choices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Social Security and Intransitivity, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

If we accept the intransitivity of indiscriminability, we should allow that it is possible for there to be introspectively indiscriminible perceptions of the world that have different phenomenal characters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Petty Injuries] Reference

By sheer continuity of being, by intransitivity before the ages-can dusty scholars truly tell us how many?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Autobiography of a Yogi] Reference

Jake was merely pointing out that the possibility for intransitivity in a polymarriage is not such a far-fetched idea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference

Our major political parties serve many functions, the most important of which is to provide a mechanism for resolving "Arrow problems" - problems arising because of the intransitivity of social choices.    From Wordnik.com.  [California Progress Report] Reference

Deutsch, M. (2005) Intentionalism and intransitivity.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Externalism About Mental Content] Reference

Nevertheless, if one suspects ” as one should ” that the intransitivity of certain kinds of bodily sensations as a whole must have a unified explanation, one would be wise to conclude that the offered explanation is probably not the whole story, and thus might not be adequate all by itself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pain] Reference