All Parts are Not Created Equal

by Joshua Cheatham

In our ongoing work to perfect the Brain’s understanding of ontology, we’ve delved into the nature of parts.  We’ve explored the following questions:  What is a part?  How can we classify parts?  Are all parts created equal?

Now for you and I this may seem self-evident; a part is a subdivision of a larger, complete entity.  Parts are parts.  But there’s actually more to it than that.  For example, if part of me is my arm and I am part of the soccer team does it make sense to say that my arm is part of the soccer team?  Read more…