The Emergence Machine

Abstraction

abstract · Visual Arts · Level 10 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

abstraction emerges from form. It requires art.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “abstraction” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “abstraction”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
abstractio
Origin language
la

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0AbstractionArtSkillLearningVisual… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesAbstraction Cogn…L11Abstraction Comp…L11AbstractionL10StructureL2VisualL7ArtL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Structure L2 (requires) organization sense
    Understanding structure is essential for grasping abstraction
  • Visual L7 (requires)
    A visual form or structure: abstraction, created through art and form.
  • Art L9 (requires)
    A visual form or structure: abstraction, created through art and form.

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