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Godel's Theorem in Focus S.G. Shanker

Godel's Theorem in Focus By S.G. Shanker

Godel's Theorem in Focus by S.G. Shanker


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A layman's guide to the mechanics of Goedel's proof together with a lucid discussion of the issues which it raises. Includes an essay discussing the significance of Goedel's work in the light of Wittgenstein's criticisms.

Godel's Theorem in Focus Summary

Godel's Theorem in Focus by S.G. Shanker

A layman's guide to the mechanics of Goedel's proof together with a lucid discussion of the issues which it raises. Includes an essay discussing the significance of Goedel's work in the light of Wittgenstein's criticisms.

About S.G. Shanker

S.G. Shanker

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Kurt Goedel in Sharper Focus, John W. Dawson Jr.; Chapter 2 On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica And Related Systems I (1931), Kurt Goedel; Chapter 3 The Work of Kurt Goedel, Stephen C. Kleene; Part 1 An Addendum to 'The Work of Kurt Goedel'; Chapter 4 The Reception of Goedel's Incompleteness Theorems, John W. Dawson Jr.; Chapter 5 Kurt Goedel, Solomon Feferman; Chapter 6 On the Philosophical Significance of Consistency Proofs, Michael D. Resnik; Chapter 7 On Interpreting Goedel's Second Theorem, Michael Detlefsen; Part 2 Postscript; Chapter 8 Wittgenstein's Remarks on the Significance of Goedel's Theorem, S.G. Shanker;

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NLS9780415045759
9780415045759
0415045754
Godel's Theorem in Focus by S.G. Shanker
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
19871126
272
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