454 The Cell Language Theory: Connecting Mind and Matterb2861 The Cell Language Theory: Connecting Mind and Matter “6x9”It remains to be seen how the Tarragonator model of the Universe in
Figure 10.29 compares with the triadic model of the world recently pro-
posed by Burgin [37].10.18.3 Iconic Model of Reality
Peirce pointed out that, although traditionally symbolic signs have been
used overwhelmingly in human thought (since the invention of written lan-
guages), iconic signs provide certain advantages over symbolic ones in
human reasoning. Reasoning based on a combined use of both symbolic and
iconic signs is known as the multimodal or heterogeneous reasoning [52].
The purpose of this section is to describe an iconic model of reality,
in contrast to the models of reality discussed during the past two and a half
millennia based primarily on symbolic signs (e.g., verbal discourses, writ-
ten sentences, and texts including mathematical formulas) that have been
espoused by philosophers, mathematicians, and quantum theorists [565].
The complementarian logic (see Section 2.4.2) was formulated in the
mid-1990s by generalizing Bohr’s complementarity concept [43, 47] in such
a way that it could be applied to fields beyond physics, including biology,
psychology, brain physiology, philosophy, and religion [24, 50]. Recently, H.
Atmanspacher made a similar attempt and generalized algebraic quantum
theory in the form of what is known as the “weak quantum theory (WQT)”
[51]. The logic behind WQT is expressed in a mathematical language,
whereas the logic of complementarism has been expressed in terms of a
multimodal or heterogeneous reasoning [24, 50] that utilizes not only the
written language (symbolic signs) but also diagrams and tables (iconic signs).
It will be convenient to define two “operators” to be referred to as the
“complementary cut”, Cc, and the “complementary splicing”, Cs, as
shown in Equations (10.45) and (10.46).Cc[C] = A^B (10.45)Cs[A^B] = C (10.46)where X[Y] indicates that operator X acts on operand Y, and the symbol,
W^Z, indicates the complementary relation between W and Z generated
by the complementary cut. Equation (10.45) indicates that C produces theb2861_Ch-10.indd 454 17-10-2017 12:13:47 PM