Cell Language Theory, The: Connecting Mind And Matter

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Two features of the 10 c-signs given in Table 6.7 are noteworthy:

(1) The epistemological or formal categories (i.e., the i values) of the

e-signs in a c-sign decreases as 3, 2, and 1 in conformity with

Eq. (6.7).

(2) The ontological categories (i.e., the j values) of the three e-signs con-

stituting a c-sign obey the following rules:

The j value of (S1, j) cannot be lower than the j value of (S2, j), which in

turn cannot be lower than the j value of (S3, j). (6.8)

Alternatively, since a c-sign can be represented as Si, j, k, with three sub-

indexes, i, j, k, each representing interpretant, object, or representamen

Table 6.7 The 10 classes of c-signs.

Class Compound Sign (c-Sign) Example

First (1) Rheme-icon-qualisign

(S3,1)-(S2,1)-(S1,1) or S1,1,1

Feeling of red

Second (2) Rheme-icon-sinsign

(S3,1)-(S2,1)-(S1,2) or S1,1,2

An individual diagram

Third (3) Rheme-index-sinsign

(S3,1)-(S2,2)-(S1,2) or S1,2,2

A spontaneous cry

Fourth (4) Dicent sign-index-sinsign

(S3,2)-(S2,2)-(S1,2) or S2,2,2

Pointer position of a meter

Fifth (5) Rheme-icon-legisign

(S3,1)-(S2,1)-(S1,3) or S1,1,3

Circuit diagram

Computer icon

Sixth (6) Rheme-index-legisign

(S3,1)-(S2,2)-(S1,3) or S1,2,3

A demonstrative pronoun

Seventh (7) Dicent sign-index-legisign

(S3,2)-(S2,2)-(S1,3) or S2,2,3

A street vendor’s cry

Eighth (8) Rheme-symbol-legisign

(S3,1)-(S2,3)-(S1,3) or S1,3,3

A common noun

Ninth (9) Dicent sign-symbol-legisign

(S3,2)-(S2,3)-(S1,3) or S2,2,3

A proposition

Tenth (10) Argument-symbol-legisign

(S3,3)-(S2,3)-(S1,3) or S3,3,3

Inference (abduction,

induction, deduction)

The new code for each class is given below the traditional designation.

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