Well, ships are composite things, made up of parts, and that seems to be what gives rise to the problem. So perhaps Reid’s argument that you cannot have A = B, B = C, but not A = C, only goes through if each of A, B, C is simple, not composite. Now, as we saw, Reid himself held that the soul was simple, but Locke did not, so perhaps the argument does not count against him.
A = B if A > .55 B
