The Emergence Machine

Support

process · social · Level 7 · E9

E9Cultures

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

Support is an act of providing help or assistance to a group or individual, but this definition is incomplete without understanding action.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “support”. 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.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0SupportGroupGoalObjectiveOrganismCausalityCellFormLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesBattenL8BrassiereL8Human TrustL8OasisL8Photic ZoneL8SupportL7ActionL1GroupL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Support involves taking action to help a group or individual.
  • Group L6 (requires) Sociology sense
    support requires understanding group as a foundational concept

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