The Emergence Machine

Literacy

abstract · Education · Level 8 · 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

The ability to read, write, and comprehend language arises from the structured system of communication that encodes and conveys meaning through transformations of state or condition, which is a fundamental aspect of language.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
litteratus
Origin language
la

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0LiteracyLanguageCommunicationBehavior… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesLiteracyL8LanguageL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Language L7 (requires)
    The ability to read, write, and comprehend language.