Mental Reference Frame

• CURIE: gmeow:MentalReferenceFrame
• IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/MentalReferenceFrame
• Category: class
• Defined by: gmeow:slices/sensory-environment
• Box roles: TBox role (What is this?)

A subjective or internal reference frame in which standpoint-indexed values are expressed — e.g. a thermal comfort scale, an olfactory quality space, a subjective loudness frame, an affective valence/arousal space (Russell circumplex), a conceptual geometry (Gärdenfors), a cognitive map (egocentric or allocentric), or an imagined space (memory palace, dream). A MentalReferenceFrame is a ReferenceFrame whose realm is perceptual or psychological and whose axes describe qualitative or semi-quantitative dimensions of human, animal, or AI experience. Requires a host (the perceiver, thinker, or dreamer); the frame deactivates when its host ceases to exist. Distinct from measurement frames: two hosts may map the same external stimulus to different mental-frame coordinates (Principle 11).

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:ReferenceFrame

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:MentalReferenceFrame as a specialized kind of gmeow:ReferenceFrame. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:ReferenceFrame

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: bfo

Linkages

Generated from the canonical mapping DSL. SSSOM files are the generated public interchange form for term equivalences.

Term Equivalences