Entity
For the observer an entity is an entity (a unit of interactions) when he can describe it. To describe is to enumerate the actual or potential interactions and relations of the described entity. Accordingly, the observer can describe an entity only if there is at least one other entity from which he can distinguish it and with which he can observe it to interact or relate, even if this is the observer himself, and which serves as a reference for the description. (NC 4)
This second entity that serves as a reference for the descriptor can be any entity, but the ultimate reference for any description is the observer himself. (BC 6-7)
This page was last updated on June 25, 1996, by Rob Sable.