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If the postulate is right that the world (W) is irreducible triad of the

physical world (P), the mental world (M) and the world of structures (S),

we can replace (10.11) with (10.13) which can be depicted as shown in

Figure 10.7.

W = P*S*M, (10.13)

where “A*B*C” reads, “A, B, and C are the three prescinded aspects of

one and the same entity or object, A*B*C”.

If Figure 10.7 is right, we can say that the mental world does not

emerge from the physical world but rather these worlds are the comple-

mentary aspects of the world of structures.

Consciousness does not emerge from the physical world but is already

there as an intrinsic aspect of the irreducibly triadic world of the physical,

the mental, and the structural. (10.14)

If this viewpoint turns out to be true upon further inquiries, we may

find here a connection between Peircean triadicity (or ITR; Chapter 9) and

Bohrian complementarity (Section 2.4) — the former describes the over-

all relation while the latter prescinds the complementary relations internal

to the overall relation.

If (10.14) turns out to be valid, we may justifiably conclude that

The solution to the problem of consciousness may be provided by Peirce’s

concept of irreducible triadic relation in his theory of signs. (10.15)

World of structures (S)

Physical world (P) Mental world (M)

Figure 10.7 The postulate that world is an irreducible triad of S, P, and M.

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