The Emergence Machine

Questioning

abstract · Psychology · Level 11 · E9

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Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

The act of exploring one's gender, sexual identity, and/or sexual orientation, but this definition is incomplete without a clear understanding of identity.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
questioning
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L7L3L2L1L0QuestioningGenderCultureIdentitySocietyThoughtSexualCommunityFamilyLanguageCausalityCellMeaningState… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLandChangeActionCollectionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesMysteryL12SkepticismL12QuestioningL11ChangeL1StateL3SexualL7IdentityL9GenderL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    Understanding change helps understand the state-related concept of questioning
  • State L3 (requires) Politics sense
    questioning requires understanding state as a foundational concept
  • Sexual L7 (requires)
    The act of exploring one's gender, sexual identity, and/or sexual orientation.
  • Identity L9 (requires)
    The act of exploring one's gender, sexual identity, and/or sexual orientation.
  • Gender L10 (requires) Sociology sense
    The act of exploring one's gender, sexual identity, and/or sexual orientation.

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