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| - | :"We're tired of [[tree]]s. We should stop believing in trees, [[root]]s, and radicles. They've made us suffer too much. All of arborescent culture is founded on them, from [[biology]] to [[linguistics]]" --''A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia'' --[[Deleuze]] & [[Guattari]] | ||
| - | == Related == | + | An '''entity''' is something that [[Existence|exists]] as itself, as a subject or as an object, actually or potentially, concretely or abstractly, physically or not. It need not be of material existence. In particular, [[abstraction]]s and [[legal fiction]]s are usually regarded as entities. In general, there is also no presumption that an entity is [[Life|animate]], or [[present]]. |
| - | [[connection]] - [[entity]] - [[relation]] - [[link]] - [[intertextuality]] - [[nexus]] - [[rhizome]] | + | The word is abstract in intention. It may refer, for example, to [[Bucephalus]], the horse of [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]]; to a stone; to a [[cardinal number]]; to a language; or to [[ghost]]s or other [[spirit]]s. |
| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | The word ''entitative'' is the adjective form of the noun entity. Something that is entitative is considered in its own right. |
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| + | == In philosophy == | ||
| + | :''[[ontology]]'' | ||
| + | Ontology is the study of being, existence and the recognition of entities. The words ontic and entity are derived respectively from the ancient Greek and Latin present participles that mean "[[being]]". | ||
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| + | == In law == | ||
| + | :''[[legal person]]'' | ||
| + | In [[law]], a legal entity is an entity that is capable of bearing legal [[rights]] and [[obligation]]s, such as a [[natural person]] or an [[Legal person|artificial person]] (e.g. business entity or a corporate entity). | ||
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| + | == In politics == | ||
| + | :''[[polity]]'' | ||
| + | In [[politics]], ''entity'' is used as term for territorial divisions of some countries (e.g. [[Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]]). | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Boltzmann brain]], a hypothesized self-aware entity. | ||
| + | * [[Digital identity]] | ||
| + | * [[Entitativity]] | ||
| + | * [[Entity class]] | ||
| + | * [[Entity realism]], a form of [[scientific realism]]. | ||
| + | * [[Everything]] | ||
| + | * [[Non-physical entity]] | ||
| + | * [[Object (philosophy)]] | ||
| + | * [[Ontology]], the study of being, existence and entities | ||
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An entity is something that exists as itself, as a subject or as an object, actually or potentially, concretely or abstractly, physically or not. It need not be of material existence. In particular, abstractions and legal fictions are usually regarded as entities. In general, there is also no presumption that an entity is animate, or present.
The word is abstract in intention. It may refer, for example, to Bucephalus, the horse of Alexander; to a stone; to a cardinal number; to a language; or to ghosts or other spirits.
The word entitative is the adjective form of the noun entity. Something that is entitative is considered in its own right.
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In philosophy
Ontology is the study of being, existence and the recognition of entities. The words ontic and entity are derived respectively from the ancient Greek and Latin present participles that mean "being".
In law
In law, a legal entity is an entity that is capable of bearing legal rights and obligations, such as a natural person or an artificial person (e.g. business entity or a corporate entity).
In politics
In politics, entity is used as term for territorial divisions of some countries (e.g. Bosnia and Herzegovina).
See also
- Boltzmann brain, a hypothesized self-aware entity.
- Digital identity
- Entitativity
- Entity class
- Entity realism, a form of scientific realism.
- Everything
- Non-physical entity
- Object (philosophy)
- Ontology, the study of being, existence and entities
