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Knowledge, time, and paradox

introducing sequential epistemic logic

Wesley H. Holliday

pp. 363-394

Abstract

Epistemic logic in the tradition of Hintikka provides, as one of its many applications, a toolkit for the precise analysis of certain epistemological problems. In recent years, dynamic epistemic logic has expanded this toolkit. Dynamic epistemic logic has been used in analyses of well-known epistemic "paradoxes", such as the Paradox of the Surprise Examination and Fitch's Paradox of Knowability, and related epistemic phenomena, such as what Hintikka called the "anti-performatory effect" of Moorean announcements. In this paper, we explore a variation on basic dynamic epistemic logic—what we call sequential epistemic logic—and argue that it allows more faithful and fine-grained analyses of those epistemological topics.

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van Ditmarsch Hans, Sandu Paul-Gabriel (2018) Jaakko Hintikka on knowledge and game-theoretical semantics. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 363-394

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-62864-6_15

Full citation:

Holliday Wesley H. (2018) „Knowledge, time, and paradox: introducing sequential epistemic logic“, In: H. Van Ditmarsch & P.-G. Sandu (eds.), Jaakko Hintikka on knowledge and game-theoretical semantics, Dordrecht, Springer, 363–394.