@teixi thanks for the pointers- I'm thinking about it in the field of general philosophy rather than specificly phil.neuro- specifically, trying to reconcile a process view (a la whitehead) with a more traditional analytic merological / kantian view of wholes-parts and types-tokens. I think my schema is still inperfect, and I'm still trying to understand the subtle implications- certainly not advocating more or different views for practicioners (yet!).