The Emergence Machine

Tribe

abstract · Sociology · Level 9 · 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

Social group linked by kinship and common culture, building upon the supportive environment of family and the collective of a community.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “tribe” 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
tribe
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0TribeCommunity SocCommunityEcosystemFamilyCooperationEcologyGroupReproduction… intermediate l…EnvironmentFormLifeProcessActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesClanL10TribeL9FamilyL7Community SocL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Family L7 (requires) polysemous
    Social group linked by kinship and common culture -- prerequisite: family
  • Community Soc L8 (requires) Sociology sense
    Social group linked by kinship and common culture -- prerequisite: community

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