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Mental

  The mental domain is the world of thoughts and ideas (both of which are mental objects). Actions exist in the mental domain, such as thinking or planning. When Norm admonishes Ed to remember that the spell they are undertaking comes from a much earlier time, the act of remembering would be a mental one. In addition to actions and objects, agents exist in the mental world; consider for instance, simulating the response of a friend to something you tell them. The simulation is an agent entity within the mental domain. The idea of consciousness is another type of mental agent within this domain structure.



Kenneth Moorman
11/4/1997