The Emergence Machine

Health

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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

The dynamic equilibrium of physical, mental, and social functions that enables an individual to adapt, grow, and thrive in their environment, which is a complex interplay of various systems and processes.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
health
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0HealthDiseaseEquilibriumOrganismBalanceCellPhysicsSystemProcessForceFormLifeActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAcromegalyL7AdermatoglyphiaL7AlzheimersL7AnesthesiaL7AntibodyL7HealthL6ActionL1ProcessL2SystemL3EquilibriumL4DiseaseL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Understanding action is foundational to the process of health
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    health requires understanding process as a foundational concept
  • System L3 (requires) systems-theory sense
    health requires understanding system as a foundational concept
  • Equilibrium L4 (requires)
    Health is the dynamic equilibrium of physical, mental, and social functions that enables an individual to adapt, grow, and thrive in their environment.
  • Disease L5 (requires)
    This is a specific disease; understanding what disease is comes first

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