The Emergence Machine

Understand

process · cognition · Level 3 · 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

To comprehend or grasp the meaning of something through the flow of energy and the dynamic pattern of movement and transformation, which we perceive as an action unfolding over time, and the predictable and repeatable pattern of transformation that is a process.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0UnderstandInformationProcessActionChangeEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesComprehensionL4JurisprudenceL7AgreeL8Knowledge EduL8KnowledgeL9UnderstandL3ActionL1InformationL2ProcessL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Understanding action is foundational to the process of understand
  • Information L2 (requires)
    Information is a prerequisite for understanding.
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    understand requires understanding process as a foundational concept

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