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Human comparison table
Subject documentation be disjoint from is a kind of be second domain of be first domain of have axiom
CognitiveAgentA SentientAgent with responsibilities and the ability to reason, deliberate, make plans, etc. This is essentially the legal/ethical notion of a person. Note that, although Human is a subclass of CognitiveAgent, there may be instances of CognitiveAgent which are not also instances of Human. For example, chimpanzees, gorillas, dolphins, whales, and some extraterrestrials (if they exist) may be CognitiveAgentsProcessSentientAgentemploysoccupiesPosition
(=>
(instance ?PROC IntentionalProcess)
(exists (?AGENT)
(and
(instance ?AGENT CognitiveAgent)
(agent ?PROC ?AGENT))))
PrimateThe Class of Mammals which are PrimatesColdBloodedVertebrateMammalparentmother
(=>
(instance ?VERT Vertebrate)
(exists (?SPINE)
(and
(component ?SPINE ?VERT)
(instance ?SPINE SpinalColumn))))
HumanModern man, the only remaining species of the Homo genusColdBloodedVertebratePrimateemployscitizen
(=>
(instance ?BUILDING Building)
(exists (?HUMAN)
(and
(instance ?HUMAN Human)
(or
(inhabits ?HUMAN ?BUILDING)
(exists (?ACT)
(and
(agent ?ACT ?HUMAN)
(located ?ACT ?BUILDING)))))))

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