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concept:logical-coherence-of-lm-beliefsLogical Coherence of LM Beliefs
The extent to which an LM's beliefs respect logical entailment: if it believes A and A→B, it should also believe B.
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- LM Beliefrelated_toContentious concept operationalised behaviourally as consistent outputs of P or similar content when directly asked about P.
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