Experiences - A Forgotten Component of Epistemic States
Leïla Amgoud, Marc d'Inverno, Nardine Osman, Henri Prade, Carles Sierra · Goldsmiths (University of London) · 2012
Abstract. This paper investigates a specific type of information that should have an important place in the epistemic state of individual agents, namely their experiences. Just as beliefs, desires, or intentions, experiences should be properly represented, and their specific role in rea-soning and decision processes clearly identified. After formally defining what an experience is, the paper explains in what respect experiences differ from and complement beliefs, and are not just ordinary cases. The added value of experiences in agent reasoning and decision making is then discussed in detail.