Formalizes cognitive state space to explore infinite queries and reductionism, suggesting a preference for holistic approaches.
This paper formalizes the cognitive state space, defines the infinite query operator and the reductionist projection operator, and rigorously proves that infinite query and reductionism are isomorphic in their limit behavior, both leading to anchoring voids, complexity divergence, cognitive value decay to zero, and ultimately cognitive heat death. The conclusion reveals that infinite query is the most exquisite camouflage of reductionism, whose mathematical essence is indistinguishable from reductionism, providing a strict formal support for holism over reductionism.
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Jianbing Zhu (2026) studied this question.
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