The Emergence Machine

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A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.

Self-model (noun) means: A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model. It emerges from model, hold, subject: A compressing system turns its compression on itself and acts on the result. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 14, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

self-model.reflexive · forms: self-model, self-models

Examples

Emergence

from: model hold subject
through: A compressing system turns its compression on itself and acts on the result.

Chain to foundations

partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.controlL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.putL3 put.placement: to move something into a placeoccursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timestructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfaceinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.eventL3 event.occurrence: a change that occurs in a place during a timesetsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.getL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.actL3 act.deed: do somethingdistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacecomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.saysL8 says.speech: to make a message that other distinct entities getmodelL9 model.representation: A pattern in one thing that is like another thing, so that acting on the pattern can say what the other thing will do.keepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or statemarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placelikeL3 like.similarity: When a thing has the same pattern as another thing.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionmotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.self-modelL14 self-model.reflexive: A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movesubjectL5 subject.entity: a thing that a change process is about in an eventothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.messageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entitymakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencesprocessL4 process.general: A set of changes that occur in something over time.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used by — 21 more not shownbuilt fromauthenticityL15authenticity.state — a self-model whose window overlaps the range the system actually occupiescomfort zoneL15comfort-zone.named — the performance window, named from inside.despairL15despair.state — a self-model representing every parameter as having a window that is closed, whether or not the actual parameters are widoubtL15doubt.epistemic — a model reporting its own range as wide, which is why it tracks accuracy rather than opposing it.feature creepL15feature-creep.drift — a drift that narrows the window because no one noticed the boundary moving, and the self-model still treats the old ranggroupthinkL15groupthink.collective — A self-model in a collection that mistakes its own repetition for truth, narrowing the window until difference cannot enhindsight is twenty twentyL15hindsight-is-twenty-twenty.retrospection — A self-model that was wrong during the event becomes accurate when the past is observed, revealing that the model could hopeL15hope.emotional — a self-model representing a currently closed window as reachableself-modelL14self-model.reflexive — A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.modelL9model.representation — A pattern in one thing that is like another thing, so that acting on the pattern can say what the other thing will do.holdL13hold.physical — keep thing with touch and force so it does not movesubjectL5subject.entity — a thing that a change process is about in an event

Used by (29)

authenticityL15comfort zoneL15despairL15doubtL15feature creepL15groupthinkL15hindsight is twenty twentyL15hopeL15identityL15legacy codeL15lost the plotL15mission creepL15point of no returnL15prideL15responsibilityL15self fulfilling prophecyL15shameL15sunk costL15team spiritL15blind spotL16gut feelingL16read the roomL16regretL16sanity checkL16old habits die hardL17second windL19the three tiersL19the way we have always done itL19ahead of its timeL23

Relations

is-amodel.representationa self-model is a model with a reflexive subject

Provenance

author: hand · date: 2026-07-31 · confidence: 1.0 · source: Sample/hundred-words-six-terms.md