Hi,
Figure 1 below may be of some interest to you, because it suggests that the
biological evolution (as the result of which we are all here, breathing,
thinking, & communicating) may be viewed as an example of the irreducibly
triadic semiosis discovered by Peirce during the second half of the 19th
century:
BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION AS SEMIOSIS
(072115-1)
All the best.
Sung
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From: Sungchul Ji <s...@rci.rutgers.edu>
Date: Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Instinct and emotion
To: Stephen Jarosek <sjaro...@iinet.net.au>
Cc: PEIRCE-L <peirce-l@list.iupui.edu>
Stephen J, lists,
Stephen: " . . . this still does not explain the “technology” behind
reading DNA and how said data gets transformed to thoughts and actions."
Sung: Figure 1 explains a lot about how DNA is read by the living cell to
generate thoughts and action in humans, because it
(i) suggests that Peirce's irreducible triadic relation (ITR) may be
involved (which is a new idea, to the best of my knowledge), and
(ii) directs you where to go if you want to KNOW more abut any of the nodes
or steps. For example, if you want to KNOW more about how DNA is read,
i.e., Step g, just google "gene expression" and you will find enough
papers and books to read for the rest of your life.
f
g
Biological Evolution -------------> DNA -----------------> Life
(object) (representamen)
(interpretant)
|
^
|
|
|_____________________________________|
h
Figure 1. DNA as the representamen of the biological evolution. f =
encoding during the process of evolution (i.e., origin of life and
phylogensis); g = decoding performed by the living cell (also called gene
expression or ontogenesis); h = genetic information flow (also called
inheritance). The commutativity condition is thought to be held, i.e., f x
g = h.
All the best.
Sung
On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Stephen Jarosek <sjaro...@iinet.net.au>
wrote:
> Sung, this still does not explain the “technology” behind reading DNA and
> how said data gets transformed to thoughts and actions. If a simulation or
> model cannot be constructed, or at least imagined, to try to make it real,
> then the hypothesis is not workable. sj
>
>
>
> *From:* sji.confor...@gmail.com [mailto:sji.confor...@gmail.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Sungchul Ji
> *Sent:* Monday, 20 July 2015 4:35 PM
> *To:* PEIRCE-L
> *Subject:* Re: [PEIRCE-L] Instinct and emotion
>
>
>
> Stephen, Edwina, lists,
>
>
>
> "That is, if people are going to go along with the info-tech narrative
> that describes genes and DNA in the context of information, then I’d like
> to see the computer that processes said information. Where is it? If people
> are going to run with a particular metaphor, like the computing/info-tech
> narrative, then they really should cover all aspects of it."
>
>
>
> To understand how DNA works, it may be necessary to know how DNA
> originated and how it is read by the living cell. I believe that DNA is a
> component of a complex network of molecular interactions that can be
> identified as an example of the Peircean triadic semiosis:
>
>
>
> f
> g
>
> Biological Evolution -------------> DNA -----------------> Life
> (object) (representamen)
> (interpretant)
>
> |
> ^
> |
> |
> |_____________________________________|
> h
>
>
>
> Figure 1. DNA as the representamen of the biological evolution. f =
> encoding during the process of evolution (i.e., origin of life and
> phylogensis); g = decoding performed by the living cell (also called gene
> expression or ontogenesis); h = genetic information flow (also called
> inheritance). The commutativity condition is thought to be held, i.e., f x
> g = h.
>
>
>
> All the best.
>
>
>
> Sung
>
>
>
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