# given (premise)

a thing that is information in a setting

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: semantic  ·  Arena: word

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [setting](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-setting.contextual)

**Through:** information is taken as a premise within the setting

**Novel properties:**
- assumed truth
- premise status

## Examples
- The Voyager 1 probe carries a Golden Record with sounds and images selected by a NASA committee in 1977. *(space exploration)*
- The U.S. Constitution's First Amendment explicitly protects freedom of speech and religion. *(law)*
- In the Linux kernel, the CONFIG_NET setting enables network support during system compilation. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [distribution](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-distribution.economic) (L10)
- [present](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-present.gift) (L17)
- [rental](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rental.economic) (L16)
- [share](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-share.distribution) (L8)
- [transferred](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-transferred.exchange) (L8)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-given.premise*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-given.premise.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*