Entity (objective)

Details:

These definitions explicitly involve the use of technologyand describe a phenomenon that is an objective property of a human or nonhuman entity.

Sample defintion(s):

Floridi (2005):
"An entity is forward present in a remote space if it is successfully observed at a LoA [level of abstraction] in RSO [remote space of observation], either as a property-bearer or as a source of change or action/interaction, that is, as some kind of informational object. An entity is backward present in a local space if it is successfully observed at a LoA in LSO [local space of observation] at least as a property-bearer, that is, again, as some kind of informational object." (p. xx)