The Emergence Machine

Feeling

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

Feeling is a mental state that arises within the mind in response to stimuli or thoughts, as the mind emerges from experience and perception, and the body responds to what it senses and experiences, but it requires a more fundamental understanding of consciousness to be considered conscious emotion.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
feeling
Origin language
eng

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0FeelingAwarenessConsciousnessEmotionMindRecognitionCognitionMemory… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAffectL10AnxietyL10DissociationL10ExcitementL10WaldeinsamkeitL10FeelingL9AwarenessL8ConsciousnessL8EmotionL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Awareness L8 (requires)
    Feeling requires awareness
  • Consciousness L8 (requires)
    Awareness emerges from consciousness, and feeling requires awareness to be conscious emotion.
  • Emotion L8 (requires)
    Feeling is conscious emotion

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