The Philosophical Implications of the Cell Language Theory 399“6x9” b2861 The Cell Language Theory: Connecting Mind and MatterTable 10.2 A comparison between complementarism and semiotics.
Semiotics Complementarism- Formulated
in
19th Century (at least for
the Peircean version of
Semiotics)20th–21st centuries- Origin Philosophy and Logic Biology, Chemistry and Physics
- Basic
Premise
Tendency for habit-taking
applies to both life and
non-life.Gnergy is necessary and sufficient to
account for both non-life and life.- Metaphysics There are three (and only
three) fundamental aspects
to all phenomena —
Firstness, Secondness, and
Thirdness.
Energy and Information are the
complementary aspects of a third
entity, Gnergy, the ultimate cause of
all organizations in the Universe.- Key Concepts Signs Gnergons (see Section 2.9)
- Adicity Triadic: firstness,
secondness and thirdness
Triadic: gnergy, energy, and
information- Principle The universality of
triadicity
Complementarity and Supplementarity
(see Section 2.4)- Consistent
with
Christian triune doctrine
(God–Son–Spirit)Daoist Philosophy (6th century BC)
(Tao–Yin–Yang) [288, 382]
Aristotle (384–322 BC) (Hylomorph–
Matter–Form) [391]
Spinoza (1632–1677) (Substance–
Extension–Thought) [289, 392]
C. S. Peirce (1839–1914) (Firstness,
Secondness, and Thirdness) [94–99]
M. Merleau-Ponty (1907–1968)
(Flesh–Body–Mind) [290]- Range of
Applications
Macroscopic (Philosophy,
logic, mathematics, etc.)From microscopic to macroscopic
(e.g., from molecular machines in
living cells to the Bing Bang)Since both complementarism and Peircean semiotics represent theo-
ries of everything (ToE), the former based on the science and philosophies
of the 20th–21st century and the latter based on those of the 19th century.
It may be instructive to compare these two systems of thought as shown
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