S.G. Shanker (ed.)

Godel's Theorem in Focus

Herausgeber: Shanker, S G

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Produktbeschreibung

Beginning with a short biography of Kurt Godel, "Godel's Theorem in Focus" provides the reader with a clear guide to the mechanics of Godel's proof in a format intelligible to the non-mathematician. The book moves on to explanations of the mechanics of Godel's proof and its significance for mathematical logic and the philosophy of mathematics. In the final section, S. G. Shanker presents a major new critique of Godel's theorem.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 1987
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9780415045759
• ISBN-10: 0415045754
• Artikelnr.: 22103923

Autorenporträt

S.G. Shanker

Inhaltsangabe

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