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SentientAgent
subject			fact

SentientAgent	documentation An Agent that has rights but may or may not have responsibilities and the ability to reason. If the latter are present, then the Agent is also an instance of CognitiveAgent. Domesticated animals are an example of SentientAgents that are not also CognitiveAgents
	is a kind of Agent
Agent	has axiom (<=> (instance ?AGENT Agent) (exists (?PROC) (agent ?PROC ?AGENT)))
	has axiom (=> (and (instance ?GET Getting) (agent ?GET ?AGENT1) (origin ?GET ?AGENT2) (instance ?AGENT2 Agent) (patient ?GET ?OBJ)) (exists (?GIVE) (and (instance ?GIVE Giving) (agent ?GIVE ?AGENT2) (destination ?GIVE ?AGENT1) (patient ?GIVE ?OBJ))))
	has axiom (=> (and (instance ?GIVE Giving) (agent ?GIVE ?AGENT1) (destination ?GIVE ?AGENT2) (instance ?AGENT2 Agent) (patient ?GIVE ?OBJ)) (and (holdsDuring (ImmediatePastFn (WhenFn ?GIVE)) (possesses ?AGENT1 ?OBJ)) (holdsDuring (ImmediateFutureFn (WhenFn ?GIVE)) (possesses ?AGENT2 ?OBJ))))
	is first domain of authors
	is first domain of believes
	is first domain of considers
	is first domain of desires
	is first domain of inScopeOfInterest
	is first domain of knows
	is first domain of needs
	is first domain of possesses
	is first domain of PropertyFn
	is first domain of wants
	is first domain of WealthFn
	is second domain of agent
	is second domain of experiencer
	is second domain of exploits
	is second domain of hasSkill
	is second domain of holdsObligation
	is second domain of holdsRight
	is second domain of uses
	is third domain of hasPurposeForAgent
	is third domain of representsForAgent
Object	is disjoint from Process

Kinds of SentientAgent :

• CognitiveAgent (11 kinds, 49 facts) - A 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 CognitiveAgents

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