How canonical is the canonical model? A comment on aumann's interactive epistemology

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Abstract

Aumann (1989) argued that the natural partitions on the space of all maximally consistent sets of formulas in multi-player S5 logic are necessarily "commonly known" by the players. We show, however, that there are many other sets of partitions on this space that conform with the formulas that build the states - as many as there are subsets of the continuum! Thus, assuming a set of partitions on this space is "common knowledge" is an informal but meaningful meta-assumption.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)435-442
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Game Theory
Volume28
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1999
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Common knowledge
  • Epistemic logic

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