Publication

2014-10-20 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101107002664
  • ISBN-139781107002661
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014007629
  • OCLC Control Number871343830
  • Better World Books9781107002661
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCQA9.2 .I58 2014

Description

"The logician Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) published a paper in 1931 formulating what have come to be known as his 'incompleteness theorems', which prove, among other things, that within any formal system with resources sufficient to code arithmetic, questions exist which are neither provable nor disprovable on the basis of the axioms which define the system. These are among the most celebrated results in logic today. In this volume, leading philosophers and mathematicians assess important aspects of Gödel's work on the foundations and philosophy of mathematics. Their essays explore almost every aspect of Gödel's intellectual legacy including his concepts of intuition and analyticity, the Completeness Theorem, the set-theoretic multiverse, and the state of mathematical logic today. This groundbreaking volume will be invaluable to students, historians, logicians and philosophers of mathematics who wish to understand the current thinking on these issues"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Interpreting Gödel: Critical EssaysHardcoverCambridge University Press2014-10-20

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