The Emergence Machine

Certainty

abstract · philosophy · Level 12 · E9

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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

certainty emerges from knowledge. It requires thought.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
certitudo
Origin language
lat

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL12L11L10L9L2L1L0CertaintyDoubtBelief PhilBeliefTruth… intermediate l…BeingFormLifeStructureChangeExistenceMatterQualityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCertainty AbsL13CertaintyL12TruthL9DoubtL11E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Truth L9 (requires)
    Certainty: The state of being absolutely sure or having no doubt about the truth or existence of something, implying an unwavering confidence in its validity or factuality.
  • Doubt L11 (requires)
    Certainty: The state of being absolutely sure or having no doubt about the truth or existence of something, implying an unwavering confidence in its validity or factuality.

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