Cell Language Theory, The: Connecting Mind And Matter

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The content of BCT in Figure 10.3 can be algebraically represented

as a 5-tuple, (G, P, R, O, I), which provides a convenient way of writing

down the definition of the thoughton:

Thoughton = (G, P, R, O, I) (10.3)

It may be suggested that thoughts can be represented as sets of two or

more thoughtons organized into networks with specific patterns of inter-

actions and degrees of coupling:

Thoughts = (T, Ed, S), (10.4)

where T stands for a set of thoughtons, each of which is defined by (10.3),

Ed is the set of edges connecting thoughtons acting as nodes, and S is the

set of the coupling strengths, each assigned to an edge. It should be pos-

sible to represent Eq. (10.4) as an adjacency matrix [396] widely used in

fuzzy set theory.

Finally, it is suggested that the BCT model of the sign given in

Figure 10.3 is consistent with the Peircean categories of Firstness,

Secondness, and Thirdness:

Firstness = G as the absolute origin of everything in the Universe and the

motive force for all self-organization, including sign processes or

semiosis going on inside the human brain.

Secondness = G(P, R, O, I), i.e., the reification or actualization of G into P, R,

O, and I here and now.

Thirdness = The cosmological language enabling humans to communicate

among themselves as well as with the Universe at large.

10.4 The “New Jersey Theory of Mind” (NJTM)

The recent writings by S. Pinker [397, 564], F. Crick [398], and G. Marcus

[399] have made significant contributions to establishing the material

basis of the mind (or the mind–matter connection, the subtitle of the pre-

sent book), as formulated in the following three propositions. To facilitate

discussions, I have labeled these propositions as indicated.

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