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Definition: A "snap:RealizableEntity" ("realizable_entity") the manifestation of which brings about some result or end that is not essential to a "snap:Continuant" ("continuant") in virtue of the kind of thing that it is but that can be served or participated in by that kind of "snap:Continuant" ("continuant") in some kinds of natural, social or institutional contexts. Examples: the role of a person as a surgeon, the role of an artificial heart in pumping blood, the role of a chemical compound in an experiment, the role of a drug in the treatment of a disease, the role of a patient relative as defined by a hospital administrative form, the role of a woman as a legal mother in the context of system of laws, the role of a biological grandfather as legal guardian in the context of a system of laws, the role of a tree in maintaining stability in an ecosystem, the role of ingested matter in digestion |
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Definition: A "snap:RealizableEntity" ("realizable_entity") the manifestation of which brings about some result or end that is not essential to a "snap:Continuant" ("continuant") in virtue of the kind of thing that it is but that can be served or participated in by that kind of "snap:Continuant" ("continuant") in some kinds of natural, social or institutional contexts. Examples: the role of a person as a surgeon, the role of an artificial heart in pumping blood, the role of a chemical compound in an experiment, the role of a drug in the treatment of a disease, the role of a patient relative as defined by a hospital administrative form, the role of a woman as a legal mother in the context of system of laws, the role of a biological grandfather as legal guardian in the context of a system of laws, the role of a tree in maintaining stability in an ecosystem, the role of ingested matter in digestion |
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