The Emergence Machine

Nothing

abstract · philosophy · Level 2 · E0

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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 absence of existence, arising from the negation of meaning and causality, where the lack of spatial relationships and patterns of more/less/equal renders quantity impossible, resulting in a void of measurable magnitudes and amounts within the three-dimensional expanse.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “nothing” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “nothing”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
nothing
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL2L1L0NothingExistenceQuantityPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesNothingL2ExistenceL1QuantityL1E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Existence L1 (requires)
    Nothing is the absence of existence
  • Quantity L1 (requires)
    Nothing means zero quantity