The Emergence Machine

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a written agreement that creates a rule obligating others

contract.legal · forms: contract, contracted, contracting, contracts

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Emergence

from: agreement law write others create rules
through: the written agreement creates a rule that obligates the parties

Chain to foundations

likeL3 like.similarity: When a thing has the same pattern as another thing.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingmeaningL8 meaning.significance: a pattern of knowledge that differs from a stateenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.contractL14 contract.legal: a written agreement that creates a rule obligating otherslawL3 law.rule: a regular pattern that is what will happen when a thing is with another thinglanguageL12 language.communication: a structure of signs with meaning arranged in regular patternssignL11 sign.symbolic: A visual mark that conveys meaning through regularity of form.controlL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.knowledgeL7 knowledge.cognitive: information that people have about somethingoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryrulesL9 rules.social: regular patterns that control how things are orderedmeanL9 mean.signify: to be a significance of a thingentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsextentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasagreementL8 agreement.social: when two or more parties like a just conditioninteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariescreateL5 create.production: to make a new thing that was not here beforemarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.interactingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingshowL7 show.visual: to make something be seennewL4 new.recent: A thing that comes into a setting and has not been there before, or does not persist from before.musicL3 music.auditory: a pattern of energy changes that occurs again over timemakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.justL2 just.exact: that which does not differ from the thing it is aboutnarrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placepartyL7 party.social: a group of people who interact in a setting with musicsettingL3 setting.contextual: A place and time where things happen, with patterns that stay the same through change.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.orderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowcomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.writeL13 write.communication: to make marks on a surface that are languageseeL6 see.visual: change when matter interacts with marks visible in space extentpersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.setsL3 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.peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.occursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timeinsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placestructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.visualL7 visual.perceptual: information that is a set of marks on a surfaceinformationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencesmotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.regularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timesmallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingstimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.groupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has pattern
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Neighborhood

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

built fromcontractL14contract.legal — a written agreement that creates a rule obligating othersagreementL8agreement.social — when two or more parties like a just conditionlawL3law.rule — a regular pattern that is what will happen when a thing is with another thingwriteL13write.communication — to make marks on a surface that are languageothersL2others.distinct-entities — Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.createL5create.production — to make a new thing that was not here beforerulesL9rules.social — regular patterns that control how things are orderedE0 concrete → E14 abstract

Relations

is-aagreement.sociala contract is a kind of agreement

Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6