The fact that, say, the existence of biological entities depends on that of physical entities does not imply that physics is "more ontologically real" than biology.
The interpretation of quarks as actual physical entities initially posed two major problems.
Besides being fascinated by the contents of the books, he was drawn to them as physical entities.
Still another departure from the paradigm is the theory that holds that everything is composed of material particles (or physical entities generally) but also holds that there are special laws applying to complexes of physical entities, such as living cells or brains, that are not reducible to the laws that apply to the fundamental physical entities.
Writers' most powerful tool in this respect has been metaphor, the likening of mental processes to non-mental, usually physical, entities.
The first is basic research, where genetic information is turned into physical entities, such as small molecules, which may prove biologically interesting.
This philosophical position – known as "panpsychism" – that all physical entities have mental attributes, is one that Bishop sees as Strong AI's absurd conclusion.
What then justifies the individual's belief in the existence of supposedly external objects i.e., physical entities that are public and exist independently of the mind?
Matter and form, however, are not bodies or physical entities that can exist or act independently: they exist and act only within and by the composite.
With the trained ANN, several geometrical and physical entities are calculated for a range of SBRs.
Symbols are abstract entities, but perhaps physical entities could play the role of the natural numbers.
