The Emergence Machine

Reproduction

physical · Biology · Level 6 · E6

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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

Reproduction is a process that unfolds as a sequence of changes driven by energy and occurring over time, involving a living being that can interact with and respond to its environment, but this definition is incomplete without a clear understanding of the physical entities involved.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
reproduction
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0ReproductionAnimalOrganismCellFormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesFamilyL7FlowerL7HeredityL7MammalL7SeedL7ReproductionL6ActionL1MatterL1ProcessL2OrganismL4AnimalL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Understanding action is foundational to the process of reproduction
  • Matter L1 (requires)
    Understanding matter is necessary to grasp the concept of reproduction as a living system or structure involving organism and process.
  • Process L2 (requires) polysemous
    involving matter and gene
  • Organism L4 (requires)
    Remediation: correct chain to L0
  • Animal L5 (requires) Biology sense
    This is a specific animal; understanding what an animal is comes first

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