The Emergence Machine

Emotion

abstract · Psychology · 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.

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Emergence definition

Emotions are mental states - feelings that arise within the mind in response to stimuli or thoughts, as the mind emerges from experience and perception, and the body, which is a fundamental aspect of the person, responds to what it senses and experiences.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
emotion
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L3L2L1L0EmotionMindCognitionMemoryPerceptionCellLive… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAfraidL9AggressionL9AngryL9BoredomL9CatharsisL9EmotionL8LiveL3MindL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Live L3 (requires)
    Emotions are responses to what the body senses and experiences
  • Mind L7 (requires)
    Emotions are mental states - feelings that arise within the mind in response to stimuli or thoughts

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