Godel's Theorem in Focus (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Shanker, S. G.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134947980
• Artikelnr.: 38256785

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