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Epistemically-Constrained Belief Harmonization: Integrating Symbolic Structure with Probabilistic Consensus

2026 · SKILLED-LLMs@FLoC · pp. 155-163 · 0 citations · 22 references
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A symbolic-probabilistic framework that unites symbolic epistemic structure with probabilistic belief dynamics and supports a convergence guarantee and provides a diagnostic interpretation of the remaining disagreement is proposed.

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