In general, I agree. I incline toward Ken Wilber’s model of the four domains of inquiry which, for clarity, must remain distinct. The vertical axis on his grid divides inquiry into meaning (L) and function (R) while the horizontal divides inquiry into entity (top) and system (bottom).
This yields four distinct domains of inquiry, all valid but unentangled: Take, for example, a rock, a lizard, a planet, star, galaxy, or universe.
The four distinct questions we can ask of these are as follows:
(1) How does it work? (R) (objectively)

(a)As an isolated object of monological inquiry? ((TR)
OR
(b) As an interactive system that can be observed and measured?(BR)

(2) What does it mean? (L)
(a) to me or to you? (subjectively)
(b) to us or them? (intersubjectively)

Maintaining the distinction between these four domains of inquiry is, in my view, a prerequisite to thinking clearly about anything.