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hence, its philosophical framework may be referred to as triadic monism

which can be diagrammatically represented as shown in Figure 10.33.

In complementarity, A appears as B or as C, depending on how A is

observed. The transition from A to B or to C may be considered as

“symmetry breaking” discussed in physics [464, 468, 469] which is the

universal mechanism of diversification and the structure formation

(or structuration) in our Universe. In the same vein, the reverse transi-

tion, i.e., from B and C to A, may be referred to as symmetry making.

Symmetry breaking underlies the evolution of the physical Universe as it

gradually cooled after the Big Bang. In contrast, symmetry making pro-

ceeds in the mental Universe as the human mind abstracts invariances

from observed diversities in the physical and mental Universes.

Symmetry breaking and symmetry making may be considered as an

example of the yin-yang pair that embodies complementarity or supple-

mentarity, depending on context [367].

10.22 A Model of Consciousness

Irreducible Triadic Relation (ITR) was first articulated by Peirce (see Chapter

9) and later identified as an equivalent of the concept of category in mathe-

matics [33]. ITR may apply to many levels of the mind-body-information-

energy-matter-life-consciousness complex. For example, Chalmers view that

“awareness” and “consciousness” are two separate states of mind [534] may

be represented as shown in Figure 10.34 within the framework of ITR,

“body” being invoked as the new element deemed essential for discussing

awareness and consciousness (How can awareness occur without body?).

I populated the three nodes in Figure 10.34 with five sets of three

items in each from either Peircean metaphysics and semiotics or Chalmers’

writings that all embody ITR.

Another universal principle may be the principle of wave-particle

duality widely thought to be confined to the quantum realm but may be

applicable to natural and social phenomena generally (Section 8.4.2). The

justification for this generalization rests on the following facts:

1. Planckian Distribution Equation (PDE), (8.2) or (8.3), derived in 2008
   from the Planck radiation equation (PRE) by replacing the universal

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