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In general, we may write:

IC = Ť × S, (10.38)

where IC is Nauta’s information carrier vector (a column vector consist-

ing of IC 1 , IC 2 and IC 3 ), Ť is the transpose of the 3 × 3 transformation

matrix consisting of 9 aij’s as they appear in (10.37), and S is the Peirce’s

sign vector (another column vector consisting of icon, index and sym-

bol). Equation (10.38) may be viewed as an algebraic expression of the

“fundamental relation between information theory (as represented by

IC) and semiotics (as represented by S)”, or alternatively as a projection

of the “information space” onto what may be referred to as the “Peirce

space” of signs.

More recently, Debrock (pp. 79–89 in [286]) proposed a novel theory

of information viewing information as events rather than as entities and

suggested that such a dynamic approach to information may be consist-

ent with the Peirce’s theory of signs. Debrock’s suggestion may be con-

sistent with the postulate that Peircean signs are gnergons, the driving

force for all self-organizing processes including informational events

(see Section 6.5).

10.18 The Model of the Universe

Biologists usually consider cosmology largely irrelevant to their field of

study, except for those biologists who are interested in investigating the

origin of life. But it is my opinion that any fundamental theory of life

that attempts to explain the phenomenon of life as is here and now not

only must be consistent with but also must contribute to formulating the

theories of the origin of our Universe in which life exists. In other

words, no theory of life may be considered complete if it does not pro-

vide some explanation as to how the Universe originated some 13.7

billion years ago and how life originated in it about 10.2 billion years

later (i.e., about 3.5 billion years ago) in addition to explaining how

living processes work here and now on the molecular and higher levels

of organization.

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