The Emergence Machine

Know

process · cognition · Level 10 · E8

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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

As we perceive the world around us through the dynamic pattern of movement and transformation, our mind shapes and interprets this sensory information, giving rise to knowledge that is grounded in evidence and rational reasoning, which in turn allows us to know, demonstrating how the process of knowing emerges from the interplay between perception and the thought process.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
know
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L5L2L1L0KnowKnowledgeThoughtMindPerception… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeProcessActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesKnowL10PerceptionL5KnowledgeL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • know English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Perception L5 (requires)
    Knowing often begins with perceiving
  • Knowledge L9 (requires) philosophy sense
    To know is to possess knowledge