Ontological Levels

• Physical

  • Atomic (a minimal grain of matter)
  • Static (a configuration, a situation)
  • Mereological (an amount of matter, a collection)
  • Topological (a piece of matter)
  • Morphological (a cubic block, a constellation)

• Functional (an artifact, a biological organ)

• Biological (a human body)

• Intentional (a person, a robot)

• Social (a company)

• Correspond to different kinds of IC/UC

• All levels except the mereological one have non-extensional IC

• A generic dependence relation links higher levels to their immediate inferior.

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