Sharvy's Lucy and Benjamin puzzle

Thomas Forster

doi:10.1007/s11225-008-9153-2

Sharvy's Lucy and Benjamin puzzle

Thomas Forster

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Abstract

Sharvy’s puzzle concerns a situation in which common knowledge of two parties is obtained by repeated observation each of the other, no fixed point being reached in finite time. Can a fixed point be reached?

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	249-256
Number of pages	8
Journal	Studia Logica
Volume	90
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11225-008-9153-2
Publication status	Published - Nov 2008

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