Entities

A living being perceives its surrounding or parts of its own body by sensing them. Perception is accomplished by analysing information gained through sense-organs and comparing them with images stored in one’s own mind. Perceived entity has a distinct but separate existence from the perceiver (mind). An entity may be real or imaginary. Mind, itself a functional entity, is a combined action caused by changes in numerous living cells of the being. Mind identifies all entities by similar process. However, perception of real entities is aided by sensory perception. Perceiver (rational beings) may identify and name an entity. A name is a word (or group of words) referring to an individual entity, which singles out an entity by directly pointing to it. An entity that is sensed by sensory organs or is tangible and is relatively stable in its form is a real object or real body with distinct existence. It has existence in itself. To exist is to have a place in objective reality. A place that contains a real entity is usually understood as space. Although space is functional and very vague, such a place of existence is always presupposed by rational beings, whenever an entity is envisaged. Space acts as a container, without form or structure to contain all real objects. All physical entities are real. In physics, they are generally referred to as bodies or objects. They have inherent (apparent) properties of gravitation and inertia. By gravitation, they (apparently) attract each other. By inertia, each real body (apparently) tends to maintain its state of motion or rest. Real bodies have substance and they occupy space. Since they have structure, they can be displaced in space; causing their motion or deformation. Hence, the physical actions of motion or deformation are real and can happen only to real entities. An imaginary entity is functional in its character. It is developed or created from mind’s own faculty, without any need to sensory information. It has no substance or real existence in space. A functional entity fulfils functions assigned to it by rational beings. Since it has no substance, it has no form or structure. It can neither initiate nor undergo physical actions. It cannot deform or move. See: http://vixra.org/pdf/1802.0086v1.pdf