3 Medical Being Med O many Med Os

3. Medical Being • • Med. O many Med. Os BFO: SNAPs, SPAN(s), granularity Med. O: SNAPs, SPAN(s), granularity different bodily systems total bodily system

OUTPUT 1. Basic Formal Ontology 2. collaboration with B. Bennett re axiom systems 3. conference presentations 4. many publications in good journals 5. 2. Ceusters 6. ontology software tools for medical NLP 7. 3. Medical Being 8. a big book

Medical Being • • • mereotopology: Schubert (anatomy with holes) dependence granularity/partition theory: molecules, cells … SNAP/SPAN: anatomy, physiology … action/participation: doctor, patient … plans/functions/executions: therapy, application of therapy … • causality/powers/dispositions: placebo effect … • normativity: health, disease, ‘normal’ liver • environment: environmental influences on disease

Medical Being • a book, • a textbook of medical ontology • for pedagogical purposes • for testing purposes (applied formal ontology) • as a showcase of good ontological methods

Chapters • Main Body Systems • structural system: • bones, muscles, connective tissue • skin and hair • circulatory system: • heart, veins, arteries, blood • digestive system • intestinal system • urinary system

Chapters • Main Body Systems (contd. ) • nervous system • respiratory system • immune system • How do these systems relate together? • (a medico-ontological analogue of the mind-body problem)

Chapters • • Embryonic Development Sexual Reproduction Birth Childhood Adolescence Aging Coma Death

Chapters • • • Health Disease Infection Accident, Injury, Wound Epidemiology

Chapters • Sleep, anaesthesia, coma • Pain, Consciousness, Empathy, Sympathy • Mental illness • • Therapy (null therapy) Cure Drug Recuperation

Chapters • • • Antigens viruses bacteria Parasites Food Alcohol