The Emergence Machine

Personality

abstract · psychology · Level 10 · E8

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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

personality emerges from behavior + self. It requires identity, pattern.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
personalitas
Origin language
lat

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L5L2L1L0PersonalityIdentityThoughtMindAdaptationGoalPerception… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCharacterL11Personality TestL12PersonalityL10AdaptationL5IdentityL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Adaptation L5 (requires) polysemous
    Personality is the consistent set of behavioral and psychological traits that represent an individuals adaptive style.
  • Identity L9 (requires)
    Personality expresses identity

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