The Emergence Machine

Death

process · Biology · Level 8 · E6

E6Organisms

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

death emerges from family + life.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
death
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L4L2L1L0DeathFamilyGroupReproductionAnimalGoalObjectiveOrganism… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCemeteryL9CoffinL9Death RateL9DieL9Grave BurialL9DeathL8OrganismL4FamilyL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Organism L4 (requires)
    Death is the permanent cessation of biological functions in an organism.
  • Family L7 (foundational) Sociology sense
    Family provides the foundational basis for understanding death.

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