The Emergence Machine

Engineer Person

physical · Society · Level 5 · E10

E10Institutions

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Emergence definition

A person who designs and builds structures or machines, leveraging scientific understanding and technological capabilities to create complex systems.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “engineer”. 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.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0Engineer PersonToolMaterialSystemTechnologyScience ConceptForceFormObjectActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesEngineer PersonL5Science ConceptL2SystemL3TechnologyL3ToolL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Science Concept L2 (requires)
    Person who designs and builds structures or machines -- prerequisite: science-concept
  • System L3 (requires) systems-theory sense
    To understand the emergence of engineer-person, we need to clarify the role of system in the development of tools and machines.
  • Technology L3 (requires)
    To understand the emergence of engineer-person, we need to clarify the role of technology in the development of tools and machines.
  • Tool L4 (requires)
    Person who designs and builds structures or machines -- prerequisite: tool