Infrastructure · Data Structures
Belief
A subjective claim with confidence and evidence
Definition
Mechanism
A unit of epistemic State. Represents a claim held by an Agent with a specific confidence score (0.0 to 1.0) and a pointer to supporting evidence. Unlike a Fact, a Belief is subjective and mutable.
Invariants
- Names the Agent holding it; a claim with no holder is an assertion, not a Belief.
- Carries a pointer to its supporting evidence, or records that it has none.
Risks
Failure modes
None stated.
Relationships
Builds on
Used by
References
Mind
Mathematically rigorous belief revision
Mind
Note what you believed before and after
Mind
Record how far a judgment rests on social default rather than on reasons its holder can state and check
Mind
Qualify the opposition, then release only if the conclusion remains robust
Mind
Belief Provenance (Macro for Trace(Belief))
Composes with
Mind
Rapid decision cycle: Observe, Orient, Decide, Act
Reference
Data schema
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"proposition",
"confidence",
"supporting_evidence"
],
"properties": {
"proposition": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The claim held by the agent"
},
"confidence": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 1,
"description": "Subjective probability (Bayesian Prior)"
},
"supporting_evidence": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "IDs of observations supporting this belief"
},
"provenance": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Source of the belief (Inference, Axiom, Observation)"
}
}
}