The Emergence Machine

Listen

process · Communication · 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

Listen is the process of perceiving sound through the ear, which is a biological structure that receives sound waves and transmits them to the brain, involving the complex interaction between the ear and the body.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0ListenEarOrganSoundTissue… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAuditory EventL10DadirriL10Listen ActL10ListenL9EarL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Ear L8 (requires)
    listen depends on ear

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