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.
A criterion emerges from the intersection of pattern and space, where a standard or measure is established for evaluating something within a spatial context.
External reference — all senses of the word “criterion” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.