The Emergence Machine

Curiosity Emotion

abstract · Psychology · Level 10 · 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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

A curiosity-emotion is a strong desire to know or learn something, driven by a sense of wonder or interest, which is fueled by the pursuit of knowledge and understanding.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0Curiosity EmotionDesireKnowledgeMotivationEmotionThoughtMind… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeProcessActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesWonderL11Curiosity EmotionL10DesireL9KnowledgeL9MotivationL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Desire L9 (requires)
    Strong desire to know or learn something -- prerequisite: desire
  • Knowledge L9 (requires) polysemous
    Strong desire to know or learn something -- prerequisite: knowledge
  • Motivation L9 (requires)
    A concept of motivation is needed to fully understand the driving force behind the desire to know or learn something.

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