Modelling always requires idealisation. Currently, in many respects the formal models that Agent Foundations use to capture the informal notion of agency, intention, goal etc are highly idealised. This is not an intrinsic feature of Agent Foundations or mathematical modelling- just a reflection of the inadequate mathematical and conceptual state of the world.
By analogy—intro to Newtonian Mechanics begins with frictionless surfaces and the highly simple orbits of planetary systems. That doesn’t mean that Newtonian Mechanics in more sophisticated forms cannot be applied to the real world.
One can get lost in the ethereal beauty of ideal worlds. That should not detract from the ultimate aim of mathematical modelling of the real world.
Modelling always requires idealisation. Currently, in many respects the formal models that Agent Foundations use to capture the informal notion of agency, intention, goal etc are highly idealised. This is not an intrinsic feature of Agent Foundations or mathematical modelling- just a reflection of the inadequate mathematical and conceptual state of the world.
By analogy—intro to Newtonian Mechanics begins with frictionless surfaces and the highly simple orbits of planetary systems. That doesn’t mean that Newtonian Mechanics in more sophisticated forms cannot be applied to the real world.
One can get lost in the ethereal beauty of ideal worlds. That should not detract from the ultimate aim of mathematical modelling of the real world.