The Emergence Machine

Good

abstract · philosophy · Level 3 · 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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

good emerges from reason-phil + truth. It requires behavior.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
ἀγαθόν (agathon)
Origin language
grc

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0GoodValueChangeQualityQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCargoL4ConsequentialismL4ConsumerismL4EvilL4MoralL4GoodL3ChangeL1ValueL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    Remediation: break cycle
  • Value L2 (requires) polysemous
    Good involves assigning value to actions and outcomes

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