The Emergence Machine

Sensory

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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

The ability to detect and respond to stimuli in the environment.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
sensorius
Origin language
lat

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0SensoryNeuronAnimalOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesColorL8Perception PhilL8StimulusL8TouchL8A PosterioriL10SensoryL7FormL2StructureL2OrganismL4NeuronL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Form L2 (requires)
    Understanding form helps understand the structure of sensory
  • Structure L2 (requires) organization sense
    Understanding structure is essential for grasping sensory
  • Organism L4 (requires)
    Sensory: The process by which living organisms detect and interpret patterns of energy from their environment through specialized structures that transmit signals to neurons.
  • Neuron L6 (builds on)
    Sensory builds on the principles established by neuron.

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