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Everything about Entity

Something that exists

An entity is something that exists. In its broadest sense, the concept is the most general category of being and encompasses anything that is identifiable, including living beings, inanimate objects, places, events, ideas, numbers, properties, and relations. It is controversial whether empty space and absences, such as holes or shadows, are also entities or should be regarded as nonentities. The words object, thing, and being are often treated as synonyms for entity, but they have distinct connotations and are not always interchangeable. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: EntityA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Improving large language models for clinical named entity recognition via prompt engineeringInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Government-sponsored enterprisesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Mild cognitive impairment as a diagnostic entityCited 6,544 times
  5. Go sideways: OntologyA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: MetaphysicsA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.

Noun The existence of something considered apart from its properties.

Noun Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, one item in an organised array or set of individual elements or parts of the same type.

Noun The state or quality of being or existence.

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  3. Principles and theories
  4. In various fields
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

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