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Altruistic behaviour explains Kin selection. Activate to inspect this relation.Animal communication depends on Sign stimulus. Activate to inspect this relation.Circadian rhythm influences Foraging behaviour. Activate to inspect this relation.Circadian rhythm is a Innate behaviour. Activate to inspect this relation.Conditioning applies to Foraging behaviour. Activate to inspect this relation.Conditioning is a Learned behaviour. Activate to inspect this relation.Fixed action pattern is a Innate behaviour. Activate to inspect this relation.Fixed action pattern requires Sign stimulus. Activate to inspect this relation.Foraging behaviour depends on Innate behaviour. Activate to inspect this relation.Foraging behaviour depends on Learned behaviour. Activate to inspect this relation.Imprinting is a Learned behaviour. Activate to inspect this relation.Innate behaviour applies to Animal. Activate to inspect this relation.Kin selection influences Innate behaviour. Activate to inspect this relation.Learned behaviour applies to Animal. Activate to inspect this relation.Ritualisation enables Animal communication. Activate to inspect this relation.Territoriality applies to Region. Activate to inspect this relation.Territoriality influences Foraging behaviour. Activate to inspect this relation.Territoriality requires Animal communication. Activate to inspect this relation.Kin selectionInnate behaviourAltruistic behaviourAnimalCircadian rhythmFixed action patternForaging behaviourLearned behaviourSign stimulusConditioningTerritorialityImprintingAnimal communicationRegionRitualisation
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15 concepts viewed through this lens. Bridge concepts connect this view to Biology, Comparative Literature, Evolutionary Biology, Human Geography….

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15 concepts18 relationships4 disciplines5 relation families

Kin selection

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At a glance

Evolution of behaviour favouring relatives because they share genes.

Disciplines
Ethology
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Bridge concepts (3)

Just outside the lens — they connect it to other context.

  • Animal2
    Biology, Zoology · connects to Innate behaviour, Learned behaviour
  • Adaptation1
    Biology, Comparative Literature, Evolutionary Biology · connects to Instinct
  • Region1
    Human Geography · connects to Territoriality

Insights from this view

Structural observations about the concepts shown here — descriptions of this graph, not claims about the world.

  • This view connects 4 disciplines: Biology, Ethology, Human Geography, Zoology.
  • Animal is a bridge concept — viewed here through Biology, Zoology.
  • The connections here span 5 relation families.

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By discipline

ChemistryBiologyPhysicsMathematicsComputer ScienceGeologyMineralogyEconomics

By thinking pattern

Bayesian updatingCause and effectCompoundingConservationConstraintsDefense in depthDiffusion & spreadEmergenceEnergy transformationEntropy & irreversibilityEquilibriumFeedback loopIncentivesInformationLevels & hierarchyModularityNetworksOptimizationOscillationProbabilityRecursion & self-similarityScaleSignal vs noiseSource–pathway–receptorStocks and flowsSymmetry & invarianceThresholds & tipping pointsTrade-offsTriangulationVariation & selectionWaves

By journey

From a Leaf to the ClimateWhy Music Moves UsHow Machines LearnReasoning about a Leaf and the Climate

Concept collections

Concept collections are curated lenses onto the fabric — themed sets of ideas that recur across disciplines. They are not journeys; they are a way to read the graph.

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What this is

Start from one concept and expand outward. The view never shows everything at once — click a node to refocus, filter by relationship type, or switch to an accessible list.

One fabric

3750 concepts and 5051 typed relations form one connected component — no isolated silo.

How to read it

Focus a concept, or apply a lens (discipline, mental model, journey) to see only the threads that matter.