The Emergence Machine

Category

abstract · classification · Level 5 · E9

E9Cultures

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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

A category is a hierarchical grouping of entities that share common attributes, characteristics, or patterns, used to organize and structure knowledge, data, or objects within a specific domain, based on the understanding of how interrelated parts work together over time.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
category
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0CategoryOrganizeSystemFormStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesGatherL7Brass InstrumentL8WoodwindL8RaceL9KindL10CategoryL5PatternL0OrganizeL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Pattern L0 (requires)
    Category requires understanding of pattern as a foundational concept.
  • Organize L4 (requires)
    A category is a hierarchical grouping of entities that share common attributes, characteristics, or patterns, used to organize and structure knowledge, data, or objects within a specific domain.

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