Belief System

Understanding belief systems and their structure

Belief System

The Belief System is a set of beliefs that can be attributed to a particular instantiated Self. Beliefs are collected over time through engaging the user in Dialectic, a core capability of Epistemic Me. As beliefs accumulate over time they can then evidenced through an epistemic strategy outlined in Philosophies that have been attached to the Self.

Types of Beliefs

Beliefs can be expressed in a number of ways:

Belief Statement

A Belief Statement might capture a relatively ambiguous concept. A Belief Statement does not have an explicit relationship with an Observation Context, but one can be inferred, optionally.

belief_statement, suggestions = epistemic_me.SelfModel.create_belief(
   id="self_001",
   belief_type=epistemic_me.BeliefType.BELIEF_STATEMENT,
   content="Sleeping is good for your health",
)

Falsifiable Belief

A Falsifiable Belief is a belief that can be tested against observed evidence. For example, “Sleeping 8 hours per night reduces a person’s mortality as demonstrated through reduced Heart Rate Variability (HRV)” is a falsifiable belief.

Causal Belief

A Causal Belief is a belief that is used to make predictions about the future state of the world. A Causal Belief has an explicit relationship with an Observation Context and it uses both historical evidence and counterfactuals to make a prediction about the future state of the world.