Axioms of open assessment

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What are the statements that cannot be evaluated scientifically but are necessary for a coherent open assessment system?

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Axioms of open assessment:

  • There is a reality where all things are and everything happens.
  • There is I, an individual that can think (in the sense of Descartes' "Cogito, ergo sum").
  • I have senses that I can use to observe reality.
  • Observations give me information (although imperfect) about reality.
  • I have comprension that I can use to develop a description about what reality is based on the information I obtain.
  • Reality is a continuum in the sense that there are no discontinuous events where e.g. objects suddenly appear to or disappear from existence without a reason.
  • There are other individuals who also can observe reality, collect information and develop descriptions about reality.
  • An individual can observe also other individuals and communicate his/her observations and descriptions of reality to others.
  • There is at least some truth value in the descriptions of other individuals. In other words, the other individuals do not together and systematically attempt to describe reality to me in a way that is different than what they describe it to themselves (compare the situation in the movie Truman show).

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