| Contents | 6 |
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| Preface | 9 |
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| Acknowledgements | 10 |
| 1 Introduction | 12 |
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| 1.1 Epistemic and Doxastic Logic | 13 |
| 1.2 Dynamic Epistemic Logic | 14 |
| 1.3 Information, Belief, and Knowledge | 16 |
| 2 Epistemic Logic | 22 |
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| 2.1 Introduction | 22 |
| 2.2 Basic System: S5 | 22 |
| 2.3 Group Notions of Knowledge | 41 |
| 2.4 Logics for Belief | 49 |
| 2.5 Notes | 51 |
| 3 Belief Revision | 54 |
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| 3.1 Introduction | 54 |
| 3.2 The AGM-approach | 55 |
| 3.3 Possible Worlds Semantics for Information Change | 66 |
| 3.4 Paradoxes of Introspective Belief Change | 69 |
| 3.5 Dynamic Doxastic Logic | 74 |
| 3.6 Notes | 76 |
| 4 Public Announcements | 78 |
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| 4.1 Introduction | 78 |
| 4.2 Examples | 79 |
| 4.3 Syntax | 83 |
| 4.4 Semantics | 85 |
| 4.5 Principles of Public Announcement Logic | 88 |
| 4.6 Announcement and Common Knowledge | 92 |
| 4.7 Unsuccessful Updates | 95 |
| 4.8 Axiomatisation | 99 |
| 4.9 Knowledge and Belief | 102 |
| 4.10 Muddy Children | 104 |
| 4.11 Sum and Product | 107 |
| 4.12 Russian Cards | 108 |
| 4.13 Notes | 115 |
| 5 Epistemic Actions | 120 |
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| 5.1 Introduction | 120 |
| 5.2 Syntax | 123 |
| 5.3 Semantics | 126 |
| 5.4 Card Game Actions | 137 |
| 5.5 Spreading Gossip | 145 |
| 5.6 Notes | 148 |
| 6 Action Models | 151 |
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| 6.1 Introduction | 151 |
| 6.2 Action Models | 159 |
| 6.3 Syntax of Action Model Logic | 159 |
| 6.4 Semantics of Action Model Logic | 161 |
| 6.5 Bisimilarity and Action Emulation | 167 |
| 6.6 Validities and Axiomatisation | 172 |
| 6.7 Epistemic Model Checking | 176 |
| 6.8 Relational Actions and Action Models | 180 |
| 6.9 Private Announcements | 183 |
| 6.10 Notes | 184 |
| 7 Completeness | 187 |
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| 7.1 Introduction | 187 |
| 7.2 S5: The Basic Case | 188 |
| 7.3 S5C: Dealing with Non-compactness | 192 |
| 7.4 PA: Completeness by Translation | 196 |
| 7.5 PAC: Induction on Complexity | 199 |
| 7.6 AM: Translating Action Models | 204 |
| 7.7 AMC: Generalising the Proof for PAC | 206 |
| 7.8 Relativised Common Knowledge | 211 |
| 7.9 Notes | 218 |
| 8 Expressivity | 220 |
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| 8.1 Introduction | 220 |
| 8.2 Basic Concepts | 221 |
| 8.3 Bisimulation | 224 |
| 8.4 Games | 229 |
| 8.5 S5 | 233 |
| 8.6 S5C | 236 |
| 8.7 PA | 239 |
| 8.8 PAC | 240 |
| 8.9 Non-deterministic Choice | 244 |
| 8.10 AM | 246 |
| 8.11 Relativised Common Knowledge | 246 |
| 8.12 Notes | 250 |
| A Selected Answers to Exercises | 252 |
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| Answers to Exercises from Chapter 2 | 252 |
| Answers to Exercises from Chapter 3 | 255 |
| Answers to Exercises from Chapter 4 | 258 |
| Answers to Exercises from Chapter 5 | 263 |
| Answers to Exercises from Chapter 6 | 266 |
| Answers to Exercises from Chapter 7 | 268 |
| Answers to Exercises from Chapter 8 | 271 |
| References | 273 |
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| Index | 284 |