The Emergence Machine

Afraid

property · Psychology · Level 9 · E8

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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

Fear is an emotional response to perceived danger or threat, which requires the capacity for cognition, perception, and energy, all of which are fundamental aspects of emotion.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0AfraidEmotionMindCognitionMemory… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAnxietyL10BraveL10Fear EmotionL10AfraidL9EmotionL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Emotion L8 (requires)
    Fear is an emotional response to perceived danger or threat

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