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The structure of the philosophical framework emerging from these

elements can be represented as a 4 × 4 table having the following

characteristics:

1. The top row (i.e., the horizontal margin or vector) consists of E1,
   E2, and E3, where E stands for energy and the Arabic numerals
   refer to the Peircean categories, i.e., 1 = Firstness, 2 = Secondness,
   and 3 = Thirdness.
   The left-most column (i.e., the vertical margin or vector) consists
   of I1, I2, and I3, where I stands for information and the Arabic numer-
   als refer to the Peircean categories as in 1.


2. The diagonal array consists of G1, G2, and G3, where G stands for
   gnergy and the Arabic numerals refer to the Peircean categories as in
   points 1 and 2.


3. The row and column vectors are orthogonal and complementary, i.e.,
   they are independent of each other with interconversions allowed.


4. The diagonal array, G, cannot be directly measured; only its comple-
   mentary components, or aspects I or E, can be empirically measured.
   That is, G transcends E and I (see Section 2.4.2).

Of the nine boxes in the 4 × 4 Table 10.8, only seven (i.e., the boxes

labeled G1, G2, I2, E2, G3, I3, and E3) are occupied by phenomena,

physical entities, concepts, or laws from philosophy, physics, and biology.

This is because I1 and E1 are empty due to the fact that G1 is the Firstness

of Peirce (consistent with Figures 10.23 and 10.28), which, by definition,

means that G1 is incapable of being described in terms of others, includ-

ing I1 and E1. If such descriptions were to be possible, G1 would no

longer be First but Second to I1 and E1.

Thermodynamic entropy, S, is treated as a member of the E2 group,

because S constitutes an essential component of free energy as evident

from the formula of the Gibbs free energy, i.e., G = E + PV – TS. I regard

Boltzmann entropy as an example of “objective” information existing

independent of human mind, similar to the “physical information” stored

in the form of nucleotide sequences in DNA as discussed by Adami [430],

to the “in-formation” of Bohm [421] pervading the Universe nonlocally,

and to Laszlo’s “scalar potentials” embedded in the cosmic plenum [422].

In contrast, Shannon information and other types of informations defined

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