Class Evidence

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.philosophy.epistemology.Evidence

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Commented, ComprehensiveIdentification, Identified<Identification>, Named

Direct Known Subclasses:

EmpiricalEvidence, RationalEvidence, TestimonialEvidence

public abstract class Evidence
extends Object
implements ComprehensiveIdentification

Represents the justification or grounds for a belief or knowledge claim. Evidence can take many forms: empirical observation, logical proof, testimonial weight, etc. Modernized to implement ComprehensiveIdentification and use EvidenceKind.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	Evidence(String source, String description, Quantity<Dimensionless> reliability, EvidenceKind kind)	Creates new Evidence.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object o)
String	getDescription()
String	getEvidenceType()	Legacy method for the evidence type name.
Identification	getId()	Returns the unique identifier of this entity.
EvidenceKind	getKind()	Returns the kind of evidence (Empirical, Rational, etc.).
Quantity<Dimensionless>	getReliability()	Returns the reliability of the evidence.
String	getSource()
Map<String,Object>	getTraits()	Returns the traits map for this entity.
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface Commented

getComments, getTrait, setComments

Methods inherited from interface ComprehensiveIdentification

getName, getTrait, setName, setTrait

Constructor Details

Evidence

protected Evidence(String source,
 String description,
 Quantity<Dimensionless> reliability,
 EvidenceKind kind)

Creates new Evidence.

Parameters:

source - where the evidence comes from

description - what the evidence consists of

reliability - the estimated reliability of the source (0.0 to 1.0)

kind - the kind of evidence

Method Details

getId

public Identification getId()

Description copied from interface: Identified

Returns the unique identifier of this entity.

Specified by:

getId in interface Identified<Identification>

Returns:

the identifier

getTraits

public Map<String,Object> getTraits()

Description copied from interface: ComprehensiveIdentification

Returns the traits map for this entity.

Specified by:

getTraits in interface Commented

Specified by:

getTraits in interface ComprehensiveIdentification

Returns:

the traits map

getSource

public String getSource()

getDescription

public String getDescription()

getReliability

public Quantity<Dimensionless> getReliability()

Returns the reliability of the evidence.

Returns:

a value between 0.0 and 1.0 (Unit.ONE)

getKind

public EvidenceKind getKind()

Returns the kind of evidence (Empirical, Rational, etc.).

Returns:

the evidence kind

getEvidenceType

public String getEvidenceType()

Legacy method for the evidence type name.

Returns:

the evidence type name

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object