The Emergence Machine

Outcome

abstract · causality · 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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

An outcome emerges from understanding change as a transformation of state or condition, where existence provides the context for causality to unfold, resulting in a specific result or consequence.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
outcome
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL2L1L0OutcomeChangeExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesFinishL3ResultL3RiskL3ConsequentialismL4AimL6OutcomeL2ChangeL1ExistenceL1E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    Outcome requires understanding of change as a foundational concept.
  • Existence L1 (requires)
    to understand the concept of a result

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