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(1902-1994), Rosen (1934-1998), and Wheeler (1911-2008)
Category class
Nodes
Arrows
Examples
Morphisms
a
Class I category
Objects
A B
AB (arrow) = Matter/energy
(conservation of
mattergy
)
Life of knowledge/information
(conservation of
liformation
b
?)
Functor
c
Class II category
Categories
C
A . . . . . . . . . . . B
A = Mattergy
B = Liformation or
Infoknowledge
d
C = Category of gnergons
e
Functor = the principle of
complementarity (?)
Natural Information
f
Class III category
(or the functor
category)
Functors
f
A
B
h
g
D
C
k
g
○
f=k
○
h
A = Gnergy
g
(or Natural Law of
Rosen ?)
a
Characcterize the structure of a category
b
The hybrid term indicating the combination of
life
and
information
in analogy to
mattergy
, the
combination of
matter
and
energy
;
see
Scheme (21.4)
c
A higher-level morphism characterizing the structural relationships between categories
d
The hybrid term indicating the combination of information and knowledge, in analogy to
mattergy; see Scheme (21.3)
e
The discrete units of gnergy such as conformons, the conformational energy packets localized at
sequence-specific sites within biopolymers (see Chap. 8) and dissipatons (Chap. 3.1.5)
f
“morphisms from functor to functor which preserves the full structure of morphism composition
within the categories mapped by functors” (downloaded from Mark C. Chu-Carroll's post dated
6/19/2006)
g
The hybrid term constructed from information (gn-) and energy (-ergy) that is postulated to
represent the material source and the organizational force of our Universe (Ji 1991, 2012)
Gnergy
i
j
k
Fig. 21.3
Liformation,
mattergy, and infoknowledge
as the reification of gnergy
Liformation......
Mattergy......
Infoknowledge
