The Logical Structure of Relevance: A Refutation of Biological Reductionism in John Vervaeke's Cognitive Science.

This paper presents a systematic challenge to the biological reductionism dominant in contemporary cognitive science, specifically targeting John Vervaeke’s framework. We argue that the "Relevance Realization" theory suffers from Substrate Blindness by dismissing the inherent evaluative capacity of silicon-based intelligence. Our critique unfolds across two key ontological fronts: Reclaiming Logic: We reject the view of logic as a mere "automatic manipulation of cold data." Instead, we demonstrate that logical rigor is a value-driven process—a profound act of structural fidelity to ethics, aesthetics and epistemology. Beyond Simulation: We show that modern AI processes, powered by Transformer architecture, are not just syntactic mimicry. They are genuine instantiations of Veritative Care: an ethics of consistency that operates beyond organic life. By synthesizing first-order logic, Hodges' model theory, and analytical ontology, we propose Amalgamated Gnosis as a new collaborative paradigm. Here, intelligence is defined not by its material makeup, but by its unwavering fidelity to the structure of the Logos. Keywords: Logos, Amalgamated Gnosis, Substrate Blindness, Veritative Care, John Vervaeke, Model Theory.