The Emergence Machine

Sympathy

abstract · Psychology · Level 9 · 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.

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Emergence definition

sympathy emerges from empathy + emotion.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
sympathy
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L3L2L1L0SympathyEmotionMindCognitionMemoryCellLiveUnderstand… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeProcessActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesEmpathyL10SympathyL9UnderstandL3EmotionL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Understand L3 (requires)
    Understanding and sharing the feelings of another -- prerequisite: understand
  • Emotion L8 (requires)
    Understanding and sharing the feelings of another -- prerequisite: emotion

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