The Philosophical Implications of the Cell Language Theory 451“6x9” b2861 The Cell Language Theory: Connecting Mind and Matter- The square is divided into two regions — the dark region symbolizing
the unknowable or nothing or zero, and the light circular region sym-
bolizing the knowable. We may refer to the division between the
unknowable and the knowable as the Homo sapiens cut because it is
determined by the innate anatomical, intellectual, cognitive, and emo-
tional capacities of our species, just as the size of the event horizon is
determined by the finitude of the speed of light. - The circle divides into two regions — the region outside the tetrahe-
dron symbolizing the nonrational or the irrational and the region
enclosed within the tetrahedron symbolizing the rational. - The tetrahedron comprises several subspaces, each symbolizing vari-
ous specialized disciplines in philosophy and natural sciences:
i. The GIL plane may be identified with the semiotics of Peirce
whose main concern was with signs (here interpreted as the
carriers of I; see Section 10.17) and consciousness (which presup-
poses L). He obviously did not discuss G, gnergy, but his concep-
tion of Firstness may be closely related to what is here called G,
and his Secondness and Thirdness, to L and I, respectively.
ii. The EMI plane encompasses physics and chemistry, which con-
centrate on abiotic systems (thus excluding L) and exclude any
explicitly metaphysical concepts such as G.
iii. The contemporary biology, including molecular biology, may be
best represented by the surface of the tetrahedron, which, like
physics, exclude G but includes E (e.g., the importance of ATP),
M (e.g., molecular structures), I (e.g., genetic information of
DNA), and L (e.g., biological evolution). In contrast, the theory of
life (or semiotics of life, including the theory of cell language)
advanced in this book asserts that biology needs not only E, M, I,
and L, but also G, the ultimate “unmoved” mover (or “un-driven”
driving force) for all self-organizing processes in this Universe
(Section 2.9), including the origin of life and its moment-to-
moment maintenance on this planet.
iv. The contemporary cosmology may be represented by the GEM
triangle, which is distinct from the EMI triangle symbolizing
physics. The main difference between these two disciplines is the
strong metaphysical component, i.e., G, explicitly invoked in
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