RE: questions on assertion

> > The notion of assertion is much simpler and more fundamental than
> > that of belief. In the context of software agents, one can argue
> > whether there are any beliefs involved at all, but making an

> I don't agree here. I think what you are saying is circular.
> What is a "statement that something is true" if it does not contain
some
> notion of belief. I am not getting philosophical here, I am talking
about 

> from the bottom up to support this kind of commitment. At the moment,
it
> seems that the semantics is too confused to do this.

I don't understand what you are confused about.  Asserting something and
believing it are two different things.  How could it be any other way?

Received on Wednesday, 10 July 2002 19:28:29 UTC