The Emergence Machine

Experience

abstract · philosophy · Level 6 · 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

experience emerges from perception-phil + time.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
experientia
Origin language
lat

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0ExperiencePerceptionOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAccidentL7AdventureL7InductionL7LearningL7Peak ExperienceL7ExperienceL6TimeL0PerceptionL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Time L0 (requires)
    Experiences accumulate over time and are retained through memory
  • Perception L5 (requires)
    Experience is built from perception - what we sense and observe forms our experiences

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