402 The Cell Language Theory: Connecting Mind and Matterb2861 The Cell Language Theory: Connecting Mind and Matter “6x9”The pyramidal structure shown in Figure 10.2 is best treated as a
tetrahedron, as Spink himself sometimes does (see p. 92 in [393]), since
a pyramid can have as its base a shape other than a triangle, whereas a
tetrahedron cannot have surfaces that are not triangles. In analogy to
Peirce’s “sign triad”, the structure in Figure 10.2 may be referred to as
Spink’s “sign pyramid, “sign tetrad”, or “sign tetrahedron”.
I have been using the body-centered tetrahedron (BCT; Figure 10.15)
in my writings since 1991 as a geometric representation of either self-
organizing systems driven by gnergy (see [7, Figure 1.A5] and the
“Tarragonator” in [253]) or gnergy itself. Gnergy, placed at the center of
the so-called gnergy tetrahedron, is postulated to embody the complemen-
tarity between information (I) and energy (E), each of which in turn rep-
resenting the information/life and energy/matter supplementarities,
respectively (see [25, Figure 10.32, Tables 2.6 and 10.14]).
Encouraged and stimulated by Spink’s sign tetrahedron (Figure 10.2),
I have been led to the idea that Peircean sign triad may be further modified
beyond the tetrahedron to a BCT as shown in Figure 10.3.
The four “bonds” emanating from G in Figure 10.3 are tetrahedral,
reminiscent of the four covalent bonds emanating from the carbon nucleus.
The GP and GI “bonds” lie on the plane of the paper, while the GR and
GO “bonds” are, respectively, above and below the plane of the paper.X
/|\
/ |\
O /_ _|_ _\ I
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R
Figure 10.2 Spink’s sign pyramid. The base of the pyramid is identical with Peirce’s sign
triad shown in Figure 10.1. The new element, X, stands for either producer or receiver of
signs [395], depending on the context of the discourse. The horizontal line is meant to be
behind the vertical line; the triangle formed by R, O, and I serves as the base of the pyra-
mid; and X as its apex.b2861_Ch-10.indd 402 17-10-2017 12:13:25 PM