The Emergence Machine

wish · emotional

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a want for a possible state that differs from now

wish.emotional · forms: wish, wished, wishes, wishing

Examples

Emergence

from: want state possible difference time
through: the want and a possible state that differs from now together make this

Chain to foundations

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.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.possibleL3 possible.potential: that can happenneedL5 need.psychological: a state that diverges from a persistent condition of an objectoffL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is therewishL7 wish.emotional: a want for a possible state that differs from nowstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placewantL6 want.desire: a need for something that is offpatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.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.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.persistL1 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.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 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.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.
as tree

Neighborhood

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

built fromwishL7wish.emotional — a want for a possible state that differs from nowwantL6want.desire — a need for something that is offstateL2state.condition — a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placepossibleL3possible.potential — that can happendifferenceL1difference.relation — When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.timeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.E0 concrete → E14 abstract

Provenance

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