Assertion: identity | /r/HasProperty | a transitive relation
Facets:
value: for another
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: For another, identity is a transitive relation, while memory isn't, so the latter can't be a criterion of the former.
text: One cannot say that each bicycle is identical with the one in the neighbouring world, but not identical with the corresponding bicycle in distant worlds, since identity is transitive.
text: For instance, if responsibility depends on identity, and identity is a transitive relation, then if Y is responsible for the actions of X (insofar as Y is unified with X as part of the same person-worm), and Z is responsible for the actions of X (insofar as Z is unified with X as part of the same person-worm), then wouldn't Y also be responsible for the actions of Z (and vice versa)?
text: These accounts face the problem that identity is a transitive relation (see 1.a.) while many psychological connections are not.
text: Identity is transitive; memory continuity is not.