Intentional Influences

Intentional influences:

We can start with some influences that operate at the individual level (denoted by ‘i’): (these could, if desired, be divided into a set of influences internal to the individual, and a set of influences as the individual engages with the world)

→ia Acting or Performing or Working [Directing or Orchestrating is controlling performing] [Reenact is perform again (or perform plus remember might be

more precise).]

→ib Believing

→ic Classifying or Grouping [Might use for the more general ‘Listing’ too] [Collating is grouping in sequence.]

→id Deciding (about) [This could be ‘achieve decision-making’ but that seems too convoluted.] [Commit is Decide to] [Define is decide a word or concept.]

[Adjudicate is decide between; this concept needs to be linked to the related concept ‘mediate’ to facilitate user searches.]

→ie Evaluating or Judging or Reviewing [Counting or Inventorying could be evaluating number] [Measuring or Calculating is evaluating distance or mass or

volume] [Appraise is evaluate price.] [Appreciate or Value is evaluate favourably] [Shop is evaluate to facilitate buying.]

→if Feeling [While we could just say ‘cause emotion’ it seems best to combine feeling with particular emotions]

→ig Playing [‘g’ for games]

→ii Intending

→im Operate (medically)

→io Overcoming or Transcending

→ip Perceiving or Detecting versus Ignoring [Particular types of perceiving can be captured by linking with the five senses or more detailed classifications

of sounds, colours, shapes, and so on.] [An inverse term is ‘Indicating’]

→iq Describing

→ir Rehearsing or Practicing or Doing or Pursuing or Trying or Participating in

→is Selecting from [Summarize is select from text plus writing] [Discriminate is select from ethnic groups.] [Emphasize or Stress is select plus talk.]

[Nominate is select candidate.]

→it Thinking or Reasoning or Supposing [‘Thinking of’ means study, analyze, interpret, or question. Several techniques for analyzing or inspecting (such as

assaying, spectroscopy, thermal analysis, visual inspection) should be captured via links to different types of physical analysis] [Data processing is

analysis by computer.]

→iu Using [Wearing would be a subclass that might be ‘using clothes’]

→iv Achieving or Preparing versus Failing

→iw Wanting or Desiring

→iz Designing

We can then list a set of influences that refer to some level of interaction between people (denoted by ‘r’):

→rc Cooperating with versus Competing with [Attacking is competing associated with conflict.]

→rd Demonstrating, Displaying, Exhibiting, or Presenting. [Broadcast would be associated with radio/TV.] [Manifesting would be an inverse term.]

→rh Helping versus hurting

→ri Imitating or Pretending or Modeling or Copying

→ro Offering [Bid is offer price to buy.]

→rp Paying or Financing or Buying [Trade or Exchange is paying in both directions; Barter is trade without money] [Bequeath is (plan to) pay at death.]

[Charity is paying non-profit] [Tax is paying government.] [Assess is evaluating taxes.] [Gamble is paying in/out associated with play.]

→rr Reproving or Punishing [can be linked to prison, paying, talking, hitting] or Sanctioning.

→rs Supervising or Controlling [Administering or Managing might be distinguished by linking to organizations or processes rather than people.]

→rt Talking to, or Discussing, or Conversing [Advise versus Criticize can be captured by compounding with favorably/not] [Advocate versus Complain or

Protest reflect intensity.] [Compliment is talk about individual favourably; Vouch or recommend is do so to others; Insult is opposite of compliment]

[Guide is advise associated with direction. Whisper is talk with little loudness. Gossip is talk about people unfavourably. Describe is talk about

something/one. Blather is talk too much. Leak is talk a secret. Warn is talk about danger. Consult is discuss a question. Inform is talk informative.

Lobby is talk to change political institutions. Report is talk result.] [More contentiously, Ostracize/avoid is not talk to; Betray is talk secret; Rasp is

talk associated with illness]

→rx Conflict [The best way to capture ‘terrorism’ has not yet been determined, but may involve conflict.]

Some works address spiritual or abstract processes not easily captured under the preceding subheadings (denoted by ‘s’):

→sg Gaining versus losing a soul

→sp Proceeding to afterlife

→sr Reincarnation

Note that many intentional influences are already captured within the classification of things. The five types of perception are captured within GA3, and Learning (including reading, writing, remembering) in GA6. [Regret is remember unfavourably] Walking is captured within GA7. Running would be faster walking. Various types of sexual activity are captured in GM5 [See G. Genetic Predisposition]

Given that only a few letters were used in the first position in the relators above it would be quite feasible to give single letter notations to some of the more common relators above: for example, paying could be just ‘p’.

Note that these subscripts can be combined to create further relationships. For example:

• ←rs means disobedience; ←rs (→gm) means disobedience of type violent

• →rsrp means control by incentives

• →rtrc means persuasion [Dare means persuade to be dangerous]

• →rt means fails to communicate