The Emergence Machine

Hierarchy

abstract · Sociology · Level 9 · E10

E10Institutions

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

hierarchy emerges from society. It requires group, pattern.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
hierarchy
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0HierarchySocietyCommunityCooperationGroup… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesClassL10Hierarchy Of NeedsL11StatusL11HierarchyL9GroupL6SocietyL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Group L6 (requires) Sociology sense
    hierarchy requires understanding group as a foundational concept
  • Society L8 (foundational)
    Society provides the foundational basis for understanding hierarchy.

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