The Emergence Machine

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a list of items offered so that one may be chosen

menu.list · forms: menu, menus

Examples

Emergence

from: list items choice offers
through: the ordered list presents distinct items as potential choices through an offer

Chain to foundations

changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.optionsL8 options.choice: a set that can be selecteddistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thinggoL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placegiveL7 give.transfer: to make a piece go to othersenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingslistL9 list.ordered: a structure of pieces that are in an orderinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesinteractingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingmakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placechoiceL9 choice.decision: an option that is selected among other optionsoffersL8 offers.proposal: to give something to a person so they may take itmenuL11 menu.list: a list of items offered so that one may be chosenpatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.orderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowwindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.pieceL3 piece.portion: a part of a thing that has its own boundarypartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.putL3 put.placement: to move something into a placesizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inselectL7 select.choice: to take one part from many that differmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchspaceL0 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.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.itemsL4 items.object: things that are part of a set and are distinct from each othertouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.getL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youinsideL5 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.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.receiveL6 receive.communication: to get something that comes to a placesmallL4 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.takeL6 take.acquisition: to get something by moving it from its place into your owngroupsL5 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 frommenuL11menu.list — a list of items offered so that one may be chosenlistL9list.ordered — a structure of pieces that are in an orderitemsL4items.object — things that are part of a set and are distinct from each otherchoiceL9choice.decision — an option that is selected among other optionsoffersL8offers.proposal — to give something to a person so they may take itE0 concrete → E14 abstract

Relations

is-alist.orderedis-a
enableschoice.decisionenables

Provenance

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