The Emergence Machine

Abstraction (Cognitive sense)

abstract · Psychology · Level 11 · E8

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Emergence definition

The mental process of extracting essential features or patterns from complex information, disregarding irrelevant details, to form a simplified representation or generalization, which is a fundamental aspect of cognition and perception.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
abstraction
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L6L2L1L0Abstraction Cogn…AbstractionArtSkillCognitionExperienceLightMemory… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

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thisprerequisitesAbstraction Cogn…L11ActionL1ProcessL2CognitionL6AbstractionL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Understanding action is foundational to the process of abstraction-cognitive
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    Understanding process is essential for grasping abstraction cognitive
  • Cognition L6 (requires)
    cognition is a core concept needed to understand abstraction cognitive
  • Abstraction L10 (requires)
    Abstraction cognitive: The mental process of extracting essential features or patterns from complex information, disregarding irrelevant details, to form a simplified representation or generalization.