OK, I'm open to the idea that you could identify roles (functional modes)
prior to identifying parts which manifest them. But perhaps we're wandering
from the point.
I believe that it was you who began with this parts-talk, trying to
identify whether parts could be removed, etc. So you began assuming that
parts were clearly identified prior to an analysis of what their properties
were. This is what I was trying to challenge, that the identity of parts
was always unambiguous and objective. From your comments, I believe that
you would agree with this.
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