The Emergence Machine

Desire

abstract · psychology · Level 9 · 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

Desire is an emotional state of wanting something, which is oriented toward achieving or obtaining a goal, but the nature of the goal itself remains unclear.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
desiderare
Origin language
lat

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L5L2L1L0DesireEmotionMindCognitionMemoryGoalPerception… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCuriosityL10Curiosity EmotionL10EnvyL10FernwehL10Hope EmotionL10DesireL9GoalL5EmotionL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Goal L5 (requires) polysemous
    Desire is oriented toward achieving or obtaining a goal
  • Emotion L8 (requires)
    Desire is an emotional state of wanting something

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