The Emergence Machine

pleasure · feeling

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A feeling in a human that the human wants to have more of.

pleasure.feeling · forms: pleasant, pleasure, pleasures

Examples

Emergence

from: feel human want
through: A feeling couples to wanting: the state itself makes the human want its continuation.

Chain to foundations

holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movechangeL1 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 thingkeepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or stateenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.needL5 need.psychological: a state that diverges from a persistent condition of an objectoffL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is therecontrolL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.pleasureL17 pleasure.feeling: A feeling in a human that the human wants to have more of.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.knowL7 know.cognitive: be having informationentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.marksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.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 placedeviceL5 device.tool: A thing made of matter in which energy flows through a structure to do some change.wantL6 want.desire: a need for something that is offmaintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.patternL0 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.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.windowL7 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.bodyL10 body.physical: a piece of matter that has a form and exists in spacepartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.humanL16 human.person: a person that lives as lifearrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.pieceL3 piece.portion: a part of a thing that has its own boundarynoticeL8 notice.perceptual: to see something and know it is theresizeL2 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.seeL6 see.visual: change when matter interacts with marks visible in space extentpersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchsetsL3 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.useL6 use.application: to make something change with a controlothersL2 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.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryobjectL4 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 placeboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.lifeL15 life.biological: a state where matter persists through time and uses energy to maintain its pattern despite changepressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfaceworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacemotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencesformL9 form.shape: The shape of the window, as opposed to whatever is occupying it.smallL4 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.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motiongroupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternfeelL11 feel.sensory: to notice a state in a body
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromhappyL18happy.emotional — a state where a human feels pleasure and contentmentpleasureL17pleasure.feeling — A feeling in a human that the human wants to have more of.feelL11feel.sensory — to notice a state in a bodyhumanL16human.person — a person that lives as lifewantL6want.desire — a need for something that is offE0 concrete → E14 abstract

Used by (1)

happyL18

Relations

enableswant.desirepleasure is what wanting points back at

Provenance

author: hand · date: 2026-07-30 · confidence: 1.0