Level 1. Capture layer :
... humans are broadly limited by the topology of their sensory nervous system / SNS, as well as the hidden layers of computation between the SNS and episodic memory / EM ( what Kant might refer to as the apperception of personal identity ) ... which may be conscious, or subconscious, in computation. This is the biological / pre-cultural concern ( this is also a gradient, as culture and biology have interactions across generations ). Some gestalts are already in the genome, so to speak - it's possible to consciously rewire these, but it's harder to get to.
Level 2. Concept layer :
... this is the cultural, or modelling layer. Most gestalts are here, and can be reflectively rewired in philosophical i.e. analytical discussion.
Level 3. Semantic layer :
... this is the subset of culture which pertains to how mental models are represented in verbal ( text or speech ) form, i.e. what is commonly referred to as natural language. This is what we commonly refer to as learning other languages.
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The higher the level, the more common it is for plebs to think about it. The lower the level, the more work is required for a pleb to transcend their naivete and to descend into the bowels of re-engineering the self and its interaction with society.
Students of the self, as well as engineers working with artificial selves, should be keenly aware of this framework, of three layers at the very least.
