The Emergence Machine

Allow

process · social · Level 2 · E10

E10Institutions

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

Allow is a process that emerges from the interaction between action and existence, where a social entity, existing in a state of being, grants permission or consent for an individual or group to perform a specific action or behavior.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “allow”. 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.

thisfoundationsL2L1L0AllowActionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesIsthmusL4Free Will PhilL8EasementL9ReferendumL10Free WillL11AllowL2ActionL1ExistenceL1E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Allowing is choosing to let an action happen
  • Existence L1 (requires)
    Allowing implies the existence of a social entity granting permission.

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