ClaimsSteven Pinker

“Common knowledge, in the technical sense, does involve this infinite number of arbitrarily embedded beliefs about beliefs about beliefs.”

Steven Pinker 24 September 2025 Steven Pinker on Coordination, Common Knowledge, and the Retreat of Liberal Enlightenment (Conversations with Tyler) archived copy

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Common knowledge, in the technical sense, does involve this infinite number of arbitrarily embedded beliefs about beliefs about beliefs.

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Steven Pinker, “Common knowledge, in the technical sense, does involve this infinite number of arbitrarily embedded beliefs about beliefs about beliefs.” (said 24 September 2025). Verdict: not checkable. Reliability API, claim c_a2eb795ea3ce, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_a2eb795ea3ce

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