The Emergence Machine

Believe

process · cognition · Level 10 · E9

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Emergence definition

Believing emerges as the mental process of accepting the outcome of thought, where the output of thought, shaped by experiences, is evaluated against the criteria of truth, thereby forming a mental stance that aligns with what is held as true.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
believe
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0BelieveTruthThoughtMind… intermediate l…BeingFormLifeStructureChangeExistenceMatterQualityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesBelieveL10TruthL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Truth L9 (requires)
    Belief concerns what is held as true