The spatial organization developed by an ethnic group within its environment reflects the dual relationship that it holds between itself as dwelling-place (inhabitation) and its place in nature (habitat).
Dyadic relations can also be characterized in terms of another threefold division: A relation ϕ is said to be transitive if, whenever it holds between one object and a second and also between that second object and a third, it holds between the first and the third i.e., if(∀x)(∀y)(∀z)[(ϕxy · ϕyz) ⊃ ϕxz](example: "is greater than").
R is transitive if, whenever it holds between one object and a second and also between that second object and a third, it holds between the first and the third (symbolically, (∀x) (∀y) (∀z ) [(Rxy ∧ Ryz) ⊃ Rxz]); an example is "x is greater than y".
If the relation ϕ is such that, whenever it holds between one object and a second, it fails to hold between the second and the first i.e., if ϕ is such that(∀x)(∀y)(ϕxy ⊃ ∼ϕyx)—then ϕ is said to be asymmetrical (example: "is greater than").
An intransitive relation is one that, whenever it holds between one object and a second and also between that second and a third, fails to hold between the first and the third; i.e., ϕ is intransitive if(∀x)(∀y)(∀z)[(ϕxy · ϕyz) ⊃ ∼ϕxz](example: "is father of").
In the long run, Russia says it will build a new nuclear power station in Kaliningrad, the exclave of territory it holds between Lithuania and Poland.The truly galling prospect is that this gets built and hooks up to the European energy network, while the Lithuanians and their EU allies continue dithering about a replacement for Ignalina.
It holds between pairs of worlds.
Or does it hold between two substances, the iceberg and the ship?
Or does it hold between two sets of states of affairs?
