The Emergence Machine

Reality

abstract · philosophy · Level 3 · E0

E0Spacetime

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

reality emerges from being. It requires thought.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
realitas
Origin language
lat

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0RealityBeingExistenceQualityPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBrahmanL4Gh QueensL4NaturalismL4MaterialismL5IdealismL8RealityL3BeingL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Being L2 (conceptual)
    Reality presupposes being

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