Pat and Mike, (01)
PC> In COSMO I use ‘IntentionalAgent’ to cover sentient animals
> as well as machines that have decision-making capability. (02)
MB> We use "Autonomous Thing" to cover the same meaning, though
> some people questioned what it meant to be truly autonomous,
> so maybe Intentional is better. (03)
Linguists use the term 'animate', which includes all animals,
including humans. I would generalize it to include robots,
angels, and other natural, supernatural, artificial, and
imaginary agents. That term has the advantage of traditional
usage in linguistics and lexicography. (04)
John (05)
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