Holy Metaphysics Batman!

Sep 19, 2007 14:45

I'm sitting in the computer lab at school trying to wrap my head around the readings for this Metaphysics course I'm taking this semester that really has me stumped right now:

"A transitive relation is a relation R such that if X bears R to Y and Y bears R to Z, it follows that X bears R to Z."

At this point I want to shoot whoever wrote this book in the face when all of a sudden like a ray of sunshine cast down from heaven unto yours truly the text goes on to explain:

"For example: If Bruce Wayne is Batman, and Batman is the Caped Crusader, it follows that Bruce Wayne is the Caped Crusader."

Thank you textbook! I get it now.

Oh the power of comic book references...
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