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Universe. To relate all these diverse elements coherently, we need to resort

once again to the definition of signs given by Peirce (Section 6.3.1). It

should be recalled that Peirce defined a sign as an irreducible triad of

representamen (also called sign vehicle or sign), object, and interpretant

(see Figure 9.1). If we apply this definition to the Tarragonator,

Figure 10.15, viewed as the sign of the Universe, the following irreducible

(as symbolized by the square brackets) triad results, consisting of BCT as

representamen, the Universe as its object, and the theory of cosmolan-

guage as its interpretant (Figure 10.29).

The Tarragonator is characterized by the following key features:

1. The Tarragonator, [279] constructed on the base of my theoretical
   investigations going back to the early 1970’s represents the most com-
   prehensive theoretical model of the Universe yet formulated (to the
   best of my knowledge).


2. The Tarragonator is related to the earlier version of the model of the
   Universe, the Shillongator [7] by having an additional element, the
   cosmolanguage (defined by Table 10.10):

The Tarragonator = The Shillongator + Cosmolanguage (10.44)

3. The cosmolanguage can be interpreted as the general law or the cos-
   mological code that connects the topology of BCT to the physical
   universe.

__ __

Body-Centered Tetrahedron

(Representamen)

The Tarragonator =

(Sign)

The Universe Cosmolanguage

(Object) (Interpretant)

__ __^

Figure 10.29 The Tarragonator as the sign of the universe. (It should be noted here that

Peirce often use the term “sign” in two senses — as the name for the irreducible triadic

relation or semiosis or as one of the nodes of the triad, i.e., representamen.)

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