Mental Process Type
- CURIE:
gmeow:MentalProcessType - IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/MentalProcessType
- Category: class
- Defined by:
gmeow:slices/mentation - Box roles: TBox role (What is this?)
The kind of a mental process — a closed-but-open value vocabulary (individuals, never subclasses; the gmeow:EventType idiom): gmeow:processPerception, gmeow:processAttention, gmeow:processReasoning, gmeow:processImagining, gmeow:processDeliberation, gmeow:processRecollection, gmeow:processMindWandering, gmeow:processDreaming, gmeow:processLearning. New kinds are minted as individuals, never as subclasses of gmeow:MentalProcess (Principle 9: no overtyping).
Structure
Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue
Practical Pattern
Use gmeow:MentalProcessType as a specialized kind of gufo:QualityValue. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.
Usage Advice
Use when
- Use as the value vocabulary for the kind of a mental process — referenced from
gmeow:mentalProcessTypeto tag an episode as perception, reasoning, imagining, dreaming, and so on (thegmeow:EventTypeidiom).
Avoid when
- Avoid expressing the kind as a subclass of
gmeow:MentalProcess(kinds are individuals of this class, never subclasses — Principle 9, no overtyping) and avoid using it for the phenomenal/sub-personal distinction, which is thegmeow:Experiencesubclass.
How to use
- Mint each kind as a
gmeow:MentalProcessTypeindividual and cite it fromgmeow:mentalProcessType(non-functional — one reverie may be both imagining and mind-wandering); extend with new individuals rather than subclasses when a domain needs a finer kind.