The Emergence Machine

Illusion

abstract · Philosophy · 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

An illusion emerges from the process of perception, which is the interpretation of sensory information from the environment, and the mind's ability to form novel mental representations by recombining and transforming remembered patterns and perceived experiences, leveraging its capacity for creative synthesis and idea generation.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L5L2L1L0IllusionImaginationMindCognitionMemoryPerception… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesIllusionL9PerceptionL5ImaginationL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Perception L5 (requires)
    False perception or misleading impression -- prerequisite: perception
  • Imagination L8 (requires)
    False perception or misleading impression -- prerequisite: imagination