loading...| Preferred Name | capability | |
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A bodily disposition whose realization ordinarily brings benefits to an organism or group of organisms, where "ordinarily" means within a typical range or context. Note that, as discussed in https://philpapers.org/archive/MERMC.pdf, both organisms and artifacts can bear capabilities. However, this capability class is just applicable to organismal capabilities (as a subclass of 'bodily disposition') and the definition has been amended from that of the definition source accordingly. The phrase 'ordinarily brings benefits to an organism or group of organism' is used to explain that capabilities normally provide a benefit. For exampoe, having a musical ability is usually an ability that is positive for a person (e.g., they enjoy playing music, they receive positive feedback about their ability). However, in certain exceptional cases (e.g., a neighbour becoming annoyed with a person playing the piano and expressing this annoyance), the ability might not bring benefits. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MF_0000043 |
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Note that, as discussed in https://philpapers.org/archive/MERMC.pdf, both organisms and artifacts can bear capabilities. However, this capability class is just applicable to organismal capabilities (as a subclass of 'bodily disposition') and the definition has been amended from that of the definition source accordingly. The phrase 'ordinarily brings benefits to an organism or group of organism' is used to explain that capabilities normally provide a benefit. For exampoe, having a musical ability is usually an ability that is positive for a person (e.g., they enjoy playing music, they receive positive feedback about their ability). However, in certain exceptional cases (e.g., a neighbour becoming annoyed with a person playing the piano and expressing this annoyance), the ability might not bring benefits. |
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personal capability |
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| definition |
A bodily disposition whose realization ordinarily brings benefits to an organism or group of organisms, where "ordinarily" means within a typical range or context. |
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https://github.com/NCOR-US/Capabilities/wiki/The-Account-of-Capabilities |
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capability |
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MF:0000043 |
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capability |
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