Thus it is possible that a single neuron might be interdependent in the mode of ontic power with a macroscopic feature of action (e.g., conscious understanding) simultaneous with it and also make a contribution by way of its causal power to a later neural occurrence in some other part of the brain. (religion-online.org)
An example of ontic power would be the asymmetrical interdependence of the macroscopic features of the act of speaking, including all the dynamic movement of subjectivity towards understanding that goes with the words, with a whole complex of neuronal activity. (religion-online.org)
For that reason, I borrowed, though with a difference of interpretation that made it clear that I was not borrowing the well - known tenets of Platonism along with it, the Platonic phrase «real (Or true) cause» to refer to the agent in his exercise of supervening ontic power. (religion-online.org)