The Emergence Machine

Discovery

abstract · Law · Level 10 · E10

E10Institutions

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

discovery emerges from evidence. It requires time.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
discooperire
Origin language
la

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0DiscoveryKnowledgeThoughtMind… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeProcessActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesExplorationL11DiscoveryL10KnowledgeL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Knowledge L9 (requires) polysemous
    Discovery adds to existing knowledge

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