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'''Objects'''

'''Objects are composed of substances''', as seen, which are in turn composed of molecules, atoms, particles, etc. up to the most elementary level of Reality, where the Elemental Field is incessantly shaken by the Fundamental Force.

In the current meaning, '''objects are things, beings, or concepts'''. Objects can be material (made up of visible or dark matter) or abstract (they are part of the Cognitive Reality, and does not exist at any particular time or place).

In general, we can define physical objects as '''identifiable collections of substances, of matter'''.

Objects are characterized by '''great multiplicity''', and can be very different.

In this sense, '''the issue of identification and distinguishability arises'''.

Objects have '''properties, behaviors and functions''' that characterize and differentiate them, giving them unique and distinctive characters.

Objects, like everything else, '''can be considered systems, made up of parts that are also systems'''.

'''Some examples''' of objects: a grain of sand, a key, a mountain, a butterfly's antenna, a wheel of your bicycle, etc.


'''Bodies'''

'''In common and scientific usage the term body is often used as a synonym for object''' (representing a large amount, has mass or takes up space). A collection of matter within a defined contiguous boundary in three-dimensional space.

In the context of the evolutionary knowledge system, by body we mean a collection of objects which, due to their quantity, extension and complexity, '''can be considered a clearly identifiable functional unit'''. For example: a celestial body, the body, the physical material of a biological organism, and, even in an abstract sense, the body of current laws.

Bodies, especially those of living organisms, '''can gain or lose parts''' (e.g. matter) without losing their functional identity.

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