Gödel's Theorem in Focus 0709933576, 9780709933571
A layman's guide to the mechanics of Godel's proof together with a lucid discussion of the issues which it rai
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English Pages 260 [271] Year 1987
Table of contents :
Front Cover
Gödel's Theorem in focus
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
I. John W. Dawson, Jr. : Kurt Gödel in Sharper Focus
II. Kurt Gödel: On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems I (1931)
III. Stephen C. Kleene: The Work of Kurt Gödel
IV. John W. Dawson, Jr. : The Reception of Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems
V. Solomon Feferman: Kurt Gödel: Conviction and Caution
VI. Michael D. Resnik: On the Philosophical Significance of Consistency Proofs
VII. Michael Detlefsen: On Interpreting Gödel's Second Theorem
VIII. S.G. Shanker: Wittgenstein's Remarks on the Significance of Gödel's Theorem
Index
Front Cover
Gödel's Theorem in focus
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
I. John W. Dawson, Jr. : Kurt Gödel in Sharper Focus
II. Kurt Gödel: On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems I (1931)
III. Stephen C. Kleene: The Work of Kurt Gödel
IV. John W. Dawson, Jr. : The Reception of Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems
V. Solomon Feferman: Kurt Gödel: Conviction and Caution
VI. Michael D. Resnik: On the Philosophical Significance of Consistency Proofs
VII. Michael Detlefsen: On Interpreting Gödel's Second Theorem
VIII. S.G. Shanker: Wittgenstein's Remarks on the Significance of Gödel's Theorem
Index
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