1.9.2012 The stellar group of authors and scholars who edited the book "The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick" - hereafter referred to as TE - assembled an annotated glossary, not only listing terms used in the book but also covering important people and related concepts. This seems like the logical place to start.

From the glossary:
    ontogon: a neologism meaning an individual being or object, as contrasted to an ideal or Platonic form.

    phylogon: a neologism referring to a general principle or archetype.

    PKD coins these two terms from the words "phylogeny" and "ontogeny" from the fields of evolutionary theory and depth psychology to describe the relationship between individual and species life.
What stands out for me here is the importance placed on the relationship of the specific to the general. The same order of things is coded into the English language in the form of proper nouns and common nouns. I understand this arrangement as the frame (phylogon) and the contents of the frame (ontogon). We live in the specifics, inside the frame, but at times the frame opens and we can go outside and see a larger picture.

This related definition was nearby:
    ontology: The philosophy of being; ontologists ask questions about the nature and function of reality itself and about what it means for things to exist.
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