The Emergence Machine

Want

process · Psychology · Level 10 · E6

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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 feeling of desire or need, often motivating behavior, arises from the dynamic pattern of movement and transformation in response to stimuli, which unfolds over time, and is shaped by the mental states - feelings that arise within the mind in response to stimuli or thoughts.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “want”. 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.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L5L2L1L0WantThinkEmotionThoughtMindBehaviorPerception… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesGoods ServiceL11WantL10BehaviorL5EmotionL8ThinkL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Behavior L5 (requires)
    want builds on the concept of behavior
  • Emotion L8 (requires)
    want builds on the concept of emotion
  • Think L9 (requires)
    want depends on think

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