3. Medical Being

2. 3. Medical Being • MedO • many MedOs • BFO: SNAPs, SPAN(s), granularity • MedO: SNAPs, SPAN(s), granularity • different bodily systems • total bodily system

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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)

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

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

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

11. Chapters • Antigens • viruses • bacteria • Parasites • Food • Alcohol