The Emergence Machine

Stratification

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

stratification emerges from society. It requires space.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
stratification
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0StratificationSocietyCommunityCooperationGroup… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesCasteL10StratificationL9GroupL6SocietyL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Group L6 (requires) Sociology sense
    Understanding group is foundational to the social concept of stratification
  • Society L8 (foundational)
    Society provides the foundational basis for understanding stratification.

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