The Emergence Machine

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A group inside a group, whose members set walls against the other members.

Faction (noun) means: A group inside a group, whose members set walls against the other members. It emerges from groups, inside, member, set: A collective self can hold a second, smaller boundary inside the first; members of the inner one keep the outer group's walls only where they do not cross its own. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 14, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

faction.inner · forms: faction, factional, factions

Emergence

from: groups inside member set wall against
through: A collective self can hold a second, smaller boundary inside the first; members of the inner one keep the outer group's walls only where they do not cross its own.

Chain to foundations

peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchmarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.againstL13 against.opposition: a thing that is different from another and does not go toward itregularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timevalueL7 value.magnitude: The number a parameter has at a time.interactingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingmakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariespatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.point of no returnL9 point-of-no-return.irreversible: A wall in a parameter's window, beyond which the thing cannot persist even though its parts do.directionL11 direction.spatial: a line that a thing points to as it goesboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placememberL7 member.social: a person that is a part of a groupchangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryarrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingswallL8 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.lineL10 line.geometric: a set of points with regular arrangement in spacepartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.pointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placespaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.numberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placesetL9 set.fix: To make a wall or the value of a parameter stay in one place.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.setsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placewindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.groupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternfactionL14 faction.inner: A group inside a group, whose members set walls against the other members.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a place
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

built fromfactionL14faction.inner — A group inside a group, whose members set walls against the other members.groupsL5groups.collection — a set of entity that are together because each entity has patterninsideL5inside.spatial — in the space that is within an object's boundarymemberL7member.social — a person that is a part of a groupsetL9set.fix — To make a wall or the value of a parameter stay in one place.wallL8wall.range-end — The value of a parameter at which a window ends.againstL13against.opposition — a thing that is different from another and does not go toward it

Relations

contrasts-withpolitical-party.powera party is a whole group bidding for power; a faction divides a group

Provenance

author: claude-opus-5-5:hand-curated · date: 2026-09-29 · confidence: 0.85 · source: schema/power-agency-phase.md