  It is argued that at a sufficiently deep level the conventional quantitative
approach to the study of nature faces difficult problems, and that biological
processes should be seen as more fundamental, in a way that can be elaborated
on the basis of Peircean semiotics and Yardley's Circular Theory. In such a
world-view, Wheeler's observer-participation and emergent law arise naturally,
rather than having to be imposed artificially. This points the way to a deeper
understanding of nature, where meaning has a fundamental role to play that is
invisible to quantitative science.

General Physics