The Emergence Machine

Dog

physical · 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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

A living being that belongs to the species Canis lupus familiaris, characterized by its physical characteristics and behaviors.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L4L2L1L0DogMammalReproductionAnimalOrganism… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Life L2 (requires)
    A dog is a living system.
  • Organism L4 (requires)
    organism is a critical conceptual dependency for understanding life and mammal
  • Mammal L7 (requires)
    Remediation fix

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