The Emergence Machine

Fiction

abstract · Literature · Level 12 · 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

Imaginative stories created to entertain or illuminate truths about human experience.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
fiction
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL12L11L10L9L8L2L1L0FictionCharacterPersonalityIdentityImaginationNarrativeThought… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesNovelL13Short StoryL13FictionL12ImaginationL8NarrativeL8CharacterL11E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Imagination L8 (requires)
    Narratives created from imagination rather than factual events, exploring invented worlds, characters, and situations to entertain or illuminate truths about human experience.
  • Narrative L8 (requires)
    Fiction requires a narrative structure to explore invented worlds, characters, and situations.
  • Character L11 (requires) Literature sense
    Narratives created from imagination rather than factual events, exploring invented worlds, characters, and situations to entertain or illuminate truths about human experience.

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