The Emergence Machine

Aesthetic

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

aesthetic emerges from perception. It requires art.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
aisthētikos
Origin language
grc

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L6L2L1L0AestheticArtSkillLearningVisualBeautyExperienceLightMemory… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterQualityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesPoshlostL11SprezzaturaL11Wabi SabiL11BokehL13AestheticL10BeautyL6VisualL7ArtL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Beauty L6 (requires)
    Aesthetics is the systematic study of beauty and artistic experience, examining the nature, principles, and effects of beauty in various forms of art and culture.
  • Visual L7 (requires)
    The visual phenomenon of aesthetic, involving art and perception.
  • Art L9 (requires)
    The visual phenomenon of aesthetic, involving art and perception.

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