The Emergence Machine

Culture

abstract · Anthropology · Level 9 · 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.

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Emergence definition

Culture emerges from the shared system of meanings, behaviors, and institutions that are transmitted, negotiated, and transformed through language, which is a structured system of communication, where symbolic patterns of grammar, syntax, and vocabulary are used to encode and convey meaning.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
culture
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0CultureSocietyCommunityLanguageCommunicationCooperationGroup… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesHeadmanL7AbayaL8Ao DaiL8BrassiereL8BustleL8CultureL9GroupL6LanguageL7SocietyL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Group L6 (requires) polysemous
    Understanding group is foundational to the social concept of culture
  • Language L7 (requires)
    Culture is transmitted through language - stories, rituals, and teachings pass cultural knowledge between generations
  • Society L8 (requires)
    Culture is the shared knowledge, practices, and values of a society

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