The Emergence Machine

Premise

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

premise emerges from truth + meaning.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
praemissa
Origin language
lat

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0PremiseTruthThoughtMind… intermediate l…BeingFormLifeStructureChangeExistenceMatterQualityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesConclusionL11Inference PhilL11PremiseL10TruthL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Truth L9 (conceptual)
    Premise is a proposition stated or assumed as the basis for reasoning in an argument.

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