Two Ways to Common Knowledge

It is not clear what a system for evidence-based common knowledge should look like if common knowledge is treated as a greatest fixed point. This paper is a preliminary step towards such a system. We argue that the standard induction rule is not well suited to axiomatize evidence-based common knowledge. As an alternative, we study two different deductive systems for the logic of common knowledge. The first system makes use of an induction axiom whereas the second one is based on co-inductive proof theory. We show the soundness and completeness for both systems.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: ENTCS
• Authors: Samuel Bucheli, Roman Kuznets, Thomas Studer
• Keywords: Common Knowledge, ENTCS 2010, Evidence-based Common Knowledge, Greatest Fixed Point