An Active Logic Approach to Moore’s Paradox
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Moore’s Paradox is a statement of the form “p and I do not believe that p”, which can be true but is always absurd for an agent to assert. Such a statement poses a problem in that an agent is generally able to assert a true statement, but asserting Moore’s Paradox implies a contradiction of beliefs. I present an interpretation of Moore’s Paradox that preserves its absurdity while recasting it as a natural response to contradictory old and new information in an agent’s knowledge. A byproduct of this approach is an intuitive formalization of the relationships between assertion, belief, and observation.
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