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Lfox at 18:06, 11 February 2024

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	</blockquote>from http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/entity.html		</blockquote>from http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/entity.html

	[TODO ~~actually I am not sure if this is the quote I want~~ to ~~use~~.~~... LP is sort of implying that a thought can't be an entity~~]		[TODO talk about companion to AR's very useful discussion of entities.]

			[TODO talk about mental entities]

	Volume is the concept which measures the spatial extent of an entity.		Volume is the concept which measures the spatial extent of an entity.

Lfox at 02:56, 11 February 2024

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	An '''~~entity~~''' is an irreducible primary, and can therefore only be defined ostensively.		"'''Entity'''" is a concept identifying an irreducible primary, and can therefore only be defined ostensively.

	In the setting of mathematics, where one is primarily concerned with the geometric properties of an entity, it is sometimes referred to as a '''solid'''. [TODO something is wrong here because a thought can be an entity; not all entities have geometric properties]		In the setting of mathematics, where one is primarily concerned with the geometric properties of an entity, it is sometimes referred to as a '''solid'''. [TODO something is wrong here because a thought can be an entity; not all entities have geometric properties]

Lfox at 22:58, 24 January 2024

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	An '''entity''' is an irreducible primary, and can therefore only be defined ostensively.		An '''entity''' is an irreducible primary, and can therefore only be defined ostensively.

	In the setting of mathematics, where one is primarily concerned with the geometric properties of an entity, it is sometimes referred to as a '''solid'''.		In the setting of mathematics, where one is primarily concerned with the geometric properties of an entity, it is sometimes referred to as a '''solid'''. [TODO something is wrong here because a thought can be an entity; not all entities have geometric properties]

	To get a better idea of what I mean by entity, <blockquote>This term [entity] may be used in several senses. If you speak in the primary sense, “entity” has to be defined ostensively—that is to say, by pointing. I can, however, give you three descriptive characteristics essential to the primary, philosophic use of the term, according to Objectivism. This is not a definition, because I’d have to rely ultimately on pointing to make these points clear, but it will give you certain criteria for the application of the term in the primary sense . . . .		To get a better idea of what I mean by entity, <blockquote>This term [entity] may be used in several senses. If you speak in the primary sense, “entity” has to be defined ostensively—that is to say, by pointing. I can, however, give you three descriptive characteristics essential to the primary, philosophic use of the term, according to Objectivism. This is not a definition, because I’d have to rely ultimately on pointing to make these points clear, but it will give you certain criteria for the application of the term in the primary sense . . . .
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	</blockquote>from http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/entity.html		</blockquote>from http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/entity.html

	[TODO actually I am not sure if this is the quote I want to use....]		[TODO actually I am not sure if this is the quote I want to use.... LP is sort of implying that a thought can't be an entity]

	Volume is the concept which measures the spatial extent of an entity.		Volume is the concept which measures the spatial extent of an entity.

Lfox at 20:14, 24 January 2024

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	An '''entity''' is an irreducible primary, and can therefore only be defined ostensively.		An '''entity''' is an irreducible primary, and can therefore only be defined ostensively.

	To get a better idea, <blockquote>This term [entity] may be used in several senses. If you speak in the primary sense, “entity” has to be defined ostensively—that is to say, by pointing. I can, however, give you three descriptive characteristics essential to the primary, philosophic use of the term, according to Objectivism. This is not a definition, because I’d have to rely ultimately on pointing to make these points clear, but it will give you certain criteria for the application of the term in the primary sense . . . .		In the setting of mathematics, where one is primarily concerned with the geometric properties of an entity, it is sometimes referred to as a '''solid'''.

			To get a better idea of what I mean by entity, <blockquote>This term [entity] may be used in several senses. If you speak in the primary sense, “entity” has to be defined ostensively—that is to say, by pointing. I can, however, give you three descriptive characteristics essential to the primary, philosophic use of the term, according to Objectivism. This is not a definition, because I’d have to rely ultimately on pointing to make these points clear, but it will give you certain criteria for the application of the term in the primary sense . . . .

	# An entity means a self-sufficient form of existence—as against a quality, an action, a relationship, etc., which are simply aspects of an entity that we separate out by specialized focus. An entity is a ''thing''.		# An entity means a self-sufficient form of existence—as against a quality, an action, a relationship, etc., which are simply aspects of an entity that we separate out by specialized focus. An entity is a ''thing''.
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	[TODO actually I am not sure if this is the quote I want to use....]		[TODO actually I am not sure if this is the quote I want to use....]

			Volume is the concept which measures the spatial extent of an entity.

	== Examples ==		== Examples ==

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An '''entity''' is an irreducible primary, and can therefore only be defined ostensively.

To get a better idea, <blockquote>This term [entity] may be used in several senses. If you speak in the primary sense, “entity” has to be defined ostensively—that is to say, by pointing. I can, however, give you three descriptive characteristics essential to the primary, philosophic use of the term, according to Objectivism. This is not a definition, because I’d have to rely ultimately on pointing to make these points clear, but it will give you certain criteria for the application of the term in the primary sense . . . .

# An entity means a self-sufficient form of existence—as against a quality, an action, a relationship, etc., which are simply aspects of an entity that we separate out by specialized focus. An entity is a ''thing''.
# An entity, in the primary sense, is a solid thing with a definite boundary—as against a fluid, such as air. In the literal sense, air is not an entity. There are contexts, such as when the wind moves as one mass, when you can call it that, by analogy, but in the primary sense, fluids are not entities.
# An entity is perceptual in scale, in size. In other words it is a “this” which you can point to and grasp by human perception. In an extended sense you can call molecules—or the universe as a whole—“entities,” because they are self-sufficient things. But in the primary sense when we say that entities are what is given in sense perception, we mean solid things which we can directly perceive.
</blockquote>from http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/entity.html

[TODO actually I am not sure if this is the quote I want to use....]

== Examples ==
<gallery>
File:Airbus A380.jpg|An airplane
File:Saturn on June 29, 2016 (31437313530).jpg|The planet Saturn
File:Hot dog with mustard.png|A hot dog
File:Brick.jpg|A brick
File:Cat outside.jpg|A cat
</gallery>