The Emergence Machine

Lion

physical · Biology · Level 6 · E6

E6Organisms

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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

Lion emerges from the intersection of territory, life, and organism, where the territory provides the spatial context, life enables the existence of a living being, and organism defines the characteristics of a lion as a living entity.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “lion”. 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.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0LionAnimalOrganismTerritoryCellStateForceFormLandLifeActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesJaguar AnimalL7LeopardL7PantherL7LionL6OrganismL4TerritoryL4AnimalL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • lion English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Organism L4 (requires)
    All animals are living organisms
  • Territory L4 (requires)
    Large predatory cat of Africa and Asia
  • Animal L5 (requires) Biology sense
    This is a specific animal; understanding what an animal is comes first

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