Bayesian Epistemology with Weighted Authority: A Formal Architecture for Truth-Promoting Autonomous Scientific Reasoning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16015v1
• Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 04:22:35 GMT
• Title: Bayesian Epistemology with Weighted Authority: A Formal Architecture for Truth-Promoting Autonomous Scientific Reasoning
• Authors: Craig S. Wright,
• Abstract summary: This paper introduces Bayesian Epistemology with Weighted Authority (BEWA)<n>BEWA operationalises belief as a dynamic, probabilistically coherent function over structured scientific claims.<n>It supports graph-based claim propagation, authorial credibility modelling, cryptographic anchoring, and zero-knowledge audit verification.
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• Abstract: The exponential expansion of scientific literature has surpassed the epistemic processing capabilities of both human experts and current artificial intelligence systems. This paper introduces Bayesian Epistemology with Weighted Authority (BEWA), a formally structured architecture that operationalises belief as a dynamic, probabilistically coherent function over structured scientific claims. Each claim is contextualised, author-attributed, and evaluated through a system of replication scores, citation weighting, and temporal decay. Belief updates are performed via evidence-conditioned Bayesian inference, contradiction processing, and epistemic decay mechanisms. The architecture supports graph-based claim propagation, authorial credibility modelling, cryptographic anchoring, and zero-knowledge audit verification. By formalising scientific reasoning into a computationally verifiable epistemic network, BEWA advances the foundation for machine reasoning systems that promote truth utility, rational belief convergence, and audit-resilient integrity across dynamic scientific domains.

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