Table 4 The entities in Scenario 1
From: Diagnosis, misdiagnosis, lucky guess, hearsay, and more: an ontological analysis
IUI | Entity | Existence period | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IUI-3 | Dr. Anne Smith | t3 | Human being | Â |
IUI-4 | Cognitive system of IUI-3 | t4 | Â | Â |
IUI-5 | An anatomical entity that is part of IUI-4 | t5 | Anatomical entity | Which anatomical entity and its lifetime cannot be easily specified given current state of neuroscience. |
IUI-6 | Quality that inheres in IUI-5 and is about IUI-7 | t6 | Cognitive representation | Â |
IUI-7 | The POR that is truth-maker for IUI-8 | t7 | Configuration | Mr. Jones, his disease, their relationship, and disease’s instantiation |
IUI-8 | Dr. Smith’s diagnosis | t8 | Diagnosis | ICE concretized by IUI-6 and IUI-10 |
IUI-9 | That which is written down on paper and forms the sentence. | t9 | Material entity | I conclude therefore that Mr. Jones has type 2 diabetes mellitus. |
IUI-10 | IQE that inheres in IUI-9. | t10 | Information quality entity | The sentence began to exist as soon as ink was laid down on paper, but the IQE did not begin to exist until the sentence was finished. |
IUI-11 | Dr. Smith’s interpretive process | occupies t11 | Diagnostic process | Dr. Smith’s diagnostic process that led to her diagnosis IUI-8 |
IUI-12 | The clinical picture input into IUI-11 | t12 | Clinical picture | Dr. Smith’s clinical picture as ascertained prior to t6 |
IUI-13 | Dr. Smith writing her diagnosis in the note | occupies t13 | Process | Â |