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# characterization of mental states #
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person do know          proposition
person do imagine       proposition
person do guess         proposition
person do believe       proposition
person do have-faith-in proposition

state:		know	imagine	guess	believe	have-faith-in
------		----	-------	-----	------- -------------
person:		any	A	A	B	C

proposition:	p1	p2	p3	p3	p3

evidence:	Sense	Imag.	p1	p1	p1
evaluate:	Reason	Reason	Reason	Reason	Faith
validity:	Cert.	Arb.	Prob.	Prob.	Cert.

decision:	True	Arb.	Prob.	True	True



abbreviations:
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Sense	Sensedata
Imag.	Imagination

Reason	Reason
Faith	Faith

(Peikoff, OPAR, page 176)
Arb.	Arbitrary (no evidence)
Poss.	Possible
Prob.	Probable
Cert.	Certain (True in context)
