The Emergence Machine

Philosophy

abstract · Philosophy · Level 10 · 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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

philosophy emerges from the study of existence, where existence is understood as the fundamental nature of reality, and reasoning is the process of thought, logic, and knowledge that shapes our understanding of existence.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
philosophy
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0PhilosophyReasoningThoughtMind… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeExistenceMatterQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAnalytic Philoso…L11A PrioriL11DeontologyL11EthicsL11FriluftslivL11PhilosophyL10ExistenceL1ReasoningL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Existence L1 (requires)
    philosophy builds on the concept of existence
  • Reasoning L9 (requires)
    Philosophy requires understanding of reasoning as a foundational concept.

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