The Emergence Machine

Isolation

abstract · Sociology · Level 7 · E9

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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

Isolation emerges as a state of being disconnected from a group, existing within a spatial context that contains and is occupied by matter and radiation.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
isolation
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0IsolationGroupGoalObjectiveOrganismCausalityCellFormLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAloneL8QuarantineL8LonelinessL10IsolationL7SpaceL0GroupL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Space L0 (requires)
    to understand isolation, one must first understand the concept of space
  • Group L6 (requires) Sociology sense
    isolation requires understanding group as a foundational concept

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