The Emergence Machine

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the most important and first in order

primary.importance · forms: primaries, primary

Examples

Emergence

from: first important order
through: they together are top

Chain to foundations

changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.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.knowledgeL7 knowledge.cognitive: information that people have about somethingcontrolL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundarymeanL9 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 hasinteractionL2 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.rangeL3 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 placepoliteL3 polite.social: state that respect othersdeviceL5 device.tool: A thing made of matter in which energy flows through a structure to do some 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.qualityL4 quality.value: a state that is a thing more distinct or less distinctsizeL2 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.priceL8 price.economic: the piece of a thing that be given in an interactionhelpL5 help.assistance: to make another thing change when it can not change by itselfpersistL1 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.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.itemsL4 items.object: things that are part of a set and are distinct from each otheruseL6 use.application: to make something change with a controltouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.firstL4 first.order: the thing that is before every other thing in a setinsideL5 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.primaryL11 primary.importance: the most important and first in orderinformationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencesvalueL9 value.worth: how something's distinctness or utility determines its pricemotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.goodL6 good.moral: that which helps and is more than does not helpsmallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsimportantL10 important.significance: an item that has more meaning and more value than most itemstimeL0 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 fromprimaryL11primary.importance — the most important and first in orderfirstL4first.order — the thing that is before every other thing in a setimportantL10important.significance — an item that has more meaning and more value than most itemsorderL8order.arrangement — a parameter whose window is narrowE0 concrete → E14 abstract

Relations

is-afirst.orderprimary is a kind of first
is-aimportant.significanceprimary is a kind of important

Provenance

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