The Emergence Machine

Causality

relation · Philosophy · Level 3 · E0

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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

Causality is the connection between events, where one event influences the occurrence of another, often involving temporal and causal chains, but this definition is incomplete without a clear understanding of the underlying relationship.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
causality
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0CausalityFormStructureMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBelief AbsL4Concept AbsL4LogicL4MotiveL4NotionL4CausalityL3FormL2StructureL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Form L2 (requires)
    causality requires understanding form as a foundational concept
  • Structure L2 (requires) organization sense
    causality requires understanding structure as a foundational concept

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