The Emergence Machine

Hat

physical · material-culture · 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

Hats are objects that cover the head, often made from various materials and decorated with tools.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “hat”. 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.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0HatClothingPersonBodyAnimal… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureSubstanceChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesFedoraL9HatL8ClothingL7PersonL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • Hut German
  • hat English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Clothing L7 (requires)
    Remediation fix
  • Person L7 (requires)
    To understand hats as head coverings made from firm or flexible materials, we need to establish the concept of a person, which is a prerequisite for clothing.

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