The Emergence Machine

Competition Abstract

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Emergence definition

A situation where individuals or groups strive to achieve goals that cannot all be fully realized, involving comparison of performance, which is a product of action and behavior.

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0Competition Abst…BehaviorGoalObjectiveOrganismCausalityCellFormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesGame AbstractL7SportL7Competition Abst…L6CausalityL3BehaviorL5GoalL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Causality L3 (requires)
    Causality is necessary to understand the concept of goal-directed behavior, which is central to competition-abstract.
  • Behavior L5 (requires)
    Competition involves behavioral interaction between multiple parties
  • Goal L5 (requires) polysemous
    Competition is goal-directed - participants strive to achieve an objective better than others

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