Cell Language Theory, The: Connecting Mind And Matter

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It is based on Statement (6.14) that I regard qualisign as “object-less

sign”, meaning that it can be a sign without its object. We can represent

this idea algebraically as

(^) Si jk,,→=j=^0 Sk Qualisign (6.15)
Since i ≤ j according to the PSR, (6.9), when j = 0, i must also be zero
and hence both sub-indexes i and j drop out, leaving behind the sub-index
k only.
Process (6.15) can be read as
A qualisign is the sign that results when there is no object,
i.e., when j = 0. (6.16)
Since there are “interpretant-less sign”, (6.13), and “object-less sign”,
(6.15), I am assuming that there can be “representamen-less sign” based
on the principle of synechism [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synechism]
and I propose “nilsign” or “sign-less” as the name of the “representamen-
less sign”:
(^) Si jk,,→=k=^0 S “Nilsign” or “Sign - less” (6.17)
Process (6.17) can be read as
A nilsign is the sign that results when there is no representamen, i.e.,
when k = 0. (6.18)
And the new category to which “nilsign” belongs, I elected to call
“Zeroness”, leading to Table 6.9.
Table 6.9 Zeroness as the new category invoked to accommodate “nilsign”
predicted to exist by the quark model of the Peircean sign.
Category Zeroness Firstness Secondness Thirdness
Characteristics Transcendentality
Ineffability
Quality
Potentiality
Fact
Actuality
Habit
Laws
Sign Nilsign Qualisign Sinsign Legisign
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