The Emergence Machine

Fisherman

physical · Society · Level 8 · E11

E11Organizations

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

A fisherman is a person who catches fish for a living, often relying on their ability to navigate and interact with water.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “fisherman”. 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.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0FishermanPersonBodyFishAnimal… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureSubstanceChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesFishermanL8FishL6PersonL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Fish L6 (requires)
    Person who catches fish for a living -- prerequisite: fish
  • Person L7 (requires)
    To understand a fisherman, we need to understand a person who can engage in the activity of catching fish.