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 1.Basic Formal Ontology 2.collaboration with B. Bennett re axiom systems 3.conference presentations 4.many publications in good journals 5.2. Ceusters 6.ontology software tools for medical NLP 7.3. Medical Being 8.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