The Emergence Machine

Necessity

abstract · philosophy · Level 6 · 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

necessity emerges from possibility. It requires thought.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
necessitas
Origin language
lat

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0NecessityPossibilityLogicCausalityFormStructureMatterQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCausationL7ContingencyL7Modal LogicL7Free WillL11NecessityL6PossibilityL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Possibility L5 (conceptual)
    Necessity is the quality of something being required or inevitable under given conditions.

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