The Emergence Machine

Conscience

abstract · philosophy · Level 8 · E8

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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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

conscience emerges from mind + good. It requires behavior.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
conscientia
Origin language
lat

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L3L2L1L0ConscienceMindCognitionMemoryPerceptionCellGood… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureValueChangeMatterQualityQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesConscienceL8GoodL3MindL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Good L3 (conceptual)
    Conscience discerns good
  • Mind L7 (conceptual)
    Conscience is moral faculty of mind