Energy-Efficiency Theory, Volume II: Cognition

Cognition is the condensation of energy at the level of information. Starting from the three axioms of Energy-Efficiency Theory (EET), this volume develops a unified account of cognition as the energy-efficiency cycle unfolding in the cognitive layer. The journey begins with question: the awareness of uncertainty when automatic processing fails. Information is understood as the texture of energy distribution—the inhomogeneity that becomes distinguishable under constraints. Cognitive structures are built from points (minimal information units) to blocks (modular judgments) to networks (associations) to systems (global regulation). Causality is analyzed as the deep logic of cognition, distinguishing rule-based…