The Emergence Machine

Die

process · biology · Level 9 · E6

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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 permanent end of all biological functions that sustain an organism, arising from the cessation of life, which in turn emerges from the integration of cellular processes and energy, itself a product of system and process.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
die
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0DieDeathFamilyGroupReproduction… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesGriefL10MokshaL11DieL9LifeL2DeathL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • die English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Life L2 (requires)
    Death is only meaningful in contrast to life
  • Death L8 (requires)
    To die is to undergo death

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