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"I know this" is different from "I know you know this", which is different from "You know I know this", which is still different from "you know I know you know

by dchftcs 3mo ago

"I know this" is different from "I know you know this", which is different from "You know I know this", which is still different from "you know I know you know this"

mdemare 3mo ago
“When everybody knows that everybody knows” by Steven Pinker is about this.
tehnub 3mo ago
Indeed. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_knowledge_(logic) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_knowledge_(logic)