01 First Order/Asymmetry Conditions/Emergence
Emergence
Emergence names the condition through which relation becomes distinguishable through asymmetry. It is not a mechanism, cause, or temporal event — it names the emergent condition already present in relation wherever asymmetry holds. Emergence does not add a second primitive; it names what asymmetry makes available: the possibility of distinction arising from within relation rather than being imposed from outside it.
Trace
Read
Emergence becomes recognisable where relation can be read as giving rise to distinguishability — where asymmetry is present enough that distinction becomes possible without requiring an external cause.