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== Continuant ==
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:1. Entities that continue or persist through time, such as [[Edu:object|objects]], [[Edu:quality | qualities]], and [[Edu:function|functions]]. (Source: Arp, R., & Smith, B. (2008). ''Function, Role, and Disposition in Basic Formal Ontology'', Retrieved from [http://precedings.nature.com/documents/1941/version/1/files/npre20081941-1.pdf])
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:2. Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) 2.0 OWL file defines 'continuant' as 'an [[Edu:entity|entity]] that persists, endures, or continues to exist through time while maintaining its identity.'  (Source: [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BFO-ontology/BFO/v2.0/bfo.owl BFO 2.0 OWL])
  
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:3. [[Edu:entity | Entities]] that are ‘in time’, they are ‘wholly’ present (all their proper parts are present) at any time of their existence.  (Source: Masolo, C., Borgo, S., Gangemi, A., Guarino, N., & Oltramari, A. (2003). ''WonderWeb Deliverable D18'', Retrieved from [http://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/old/Papers/D18.pdf]).
# Entities that continue or persist through time, such as [[Edu:object|objects]], [[Edu:quality | qualities]], and [[Edu:function|functions]]. (Source: Arp, R., & Smith, B. (2008). ''Function, Role, and Disposition in Basic Formal Ontology'', Retrieved from [http://precedings.nature.com/documents/1941/version/1/files/npre20081941-1.pdf])
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# Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) 2.0 OWL file defines 'continuant' as 'an [[Edu:entity|entity]] that persists, endures, or continues to exist through time while maintaining its identity.'  (Source: [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BFO-ontology/BFO/v2.0/bfo.owl BFO 2.0 OWL])
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:4. An [[Edu:entity|entity]] that ''continues'' or ''persists'' through time, including (1) independent [[Edu:object|objects]], (2) [[Edu:quality | qualities]] and [[Edu:disposition|dispositions]], and (3) the [[Edu:spatial region|spatial regions]] these [[Edu:entity | entities]] occupy at any given time. [[Edu:Continuant|'''Continuant''']] and [[Edu:occurrent|'''occurrent''']] are the two highest categories ([[Edu:universal|universal]]s) in [[Edu:Basic Formal Ontology - BFO | BFO]].  (Source: Arp, R., Smith, B., & Spear, A.D. (2015). ''Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology''. Cambridge: The MIT Press)
# [[Edu:entity | Entities]] that are ‘in time’, they are ‘wholly’ present (all their proper parts are present) at any time of their existence.  (Source: Masolo, C., Borgo, S., Gangemi, A., Guarino, N., & Oltramari, A. (2003). ''WonderWeb Deliverable D18'', Retrieved from [http://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/old/Papers/D18.pdf]).
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# An [[Edu:entity|entity]] that ''continues'' or ''persists'' through time, including (1) independent [[Edu:object|objects]], (2) [[Edu:quality | qualities]] and [[Edu:disposition|dispositions]], and (3) the [[Edu:spatial region|spatial regions]] these [[Edu:entity | entities]] occupy at any given time. [[Edu:Continuant|'''Continuant''']] and [[Edu:occurrent|'''occurrent''']] are the two highest categories ([[Edu:universal|universal]]s) in [[Edu:Basic Formal Ontology - BFO | BFO]].  (Source: Arp, R., Smith, B., & Spear, A.D. (2015). ''Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology''. Cambridge: The MIT Press)
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=== Commentary ===
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''' Commentary '''
 
* In [[Edu:Basic Formal Ontology - BFO | BFO]] Continuants are contrasted with (and disjoint with) [[Occurrent]]
 
* In [[Edu:Basic Formal Ontology - BFO | BFO]] Continuants are contrasted with (and disjoint with) [[Occurrent]]
 
* Synonymous with [[Synonym::Edu:Endurant]]
 
* Synonymous with [[Synonym::Edu:Endurant]]

Revision as of 21:44, 7 January 2020

Continuant

1. Entities that continue or persist through time, such as objects, qualities, and functions. (Source: Arp, R., & Smith, B. (2008). Function, Role, and Disposition in Basic Formal Ontology, Retrieved from [1])
2. Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) 2.0 OWL file defines 'continuant' as 'an entity that persists, endures, or continues to exist through time while maintaining its identity.' (Source: BFO 2.0 OWL)
3. Entities that are ‘in time’, they are ‘wholly’ present (all their proper parts are present) at any time of their existence. (Source: Masolo, C., Borgo, S., Gangemi, A., Guarino, N., & Oltramari, A. (2003). WonderWeb Deliverable D18, Retrieved from [2]).
4. An entity that continues or persists through time, including (1) independent objects, (2) qualities and dispositions, and (3) the spatial regions these entities occupy at any given time. Continuant and occurrent are the two highest categories (universals) in BFO. (Source: Arp, R., Smith, B., & Spear, A.D. (2015). Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology. Cambridge: The MIT Press)


Commentary

  • In BFO Continuants are contrasted with (and disjoint with) Occurrent
  • Synonymous with Edu:Endurant
  • In applied ontology Continuant and Endurant are commonly taken as synonyms, also widely in philosophy, although a bit more attention may be paid there, cf. Hawley, 2015, near end of section 2.