The Emergence Machine

Big Man

abstract · Anthropology · Level 9 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

The concept of big man emerges from understanding the person, who is a mammal and an organism, and the concept of man, who is a person and alive, as these prerequisites provide the foundation for exploring human societies, cultures, or evolutionary development.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “big man” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “big man”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
big man
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0Big ManCultureManSocietyCommunityLanguagePersonBodyCommunicationCooperationGroup… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesBig ManL9ManL8CultureL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Man L8 (requires)
    An anthropological concept relating to big man, involving human societies, cultures, or evolutionary development.
  • Culture L9 (requires) mutual
    big-man is a concept studied in anthropology.