The Emergence Machine

Boolean

abstract · Computing · Level 6 · 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

A binary value that can have one of two states: true or false, used to represent and manipulate logical information in computations, which emerges from the understanding of binary as a system of representing and processing information using only two distinct values, 0 and 1, and value as a manifestation of behavior.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “boolean” 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
boolean
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0BooleanBinaryComputationDataLogicNumberBuildingCausalitySystemValueFormInformationOperationActionChangeMatterQualityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesConditionalL9BooleanL6ValueL2BinaryL5ComputationL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Value L2 (requires) Philosophy sense
    A binary value that can have one of two states: true or false, used to represent and manipulate logical information in computations.
  • Binary L5 (requires)
    A binary value that can have one of two states: true or false, used to represent and manipulate logical information in computations.
  • Computation L5 (requires) mutual
    Understanding boolean requires knowledge of computation as a foundational technical concept.

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