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What is the epistemological commitment of a representation?

  • A.The degree of confidence attached to each stored fact
  • B.What the representation allows an agent to believe about facts
  • C.The philosophical position its designers hold about knowledge
  • D.The set of facts the representation is required to contain

Answer: B

A logical representation lets an agent believe a fact true, false or unknown, while a probabilistic one admits any degree of belief between, and that choice is separate from what the representation says exists. Designers' philosophies, required content and individual confidences are different notions. Distinguishing what a language says about the world from what it allows an agent to think about it is a useful axis on which to compare formalisms.

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