There's something about Gödel the complete guide to the incompleteness theorem

Berto's highly readable and lucid guide introduces students and the interested reader to Gödel's celebrated Incompleteness Theorem, and discusses some of the most famous - and infamous - claims arising from Gödel's arguments.Offers a clear understanding of this difficult subject by pr...

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Main Author Berto, Francesco
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Malden, Mass Wiley 2009
Wiley-Blackwell
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Edition1
Subjects
G'odel's theorem
G'odel, Kurt
Godel's theorem
Gödel's theorem
Gödel, Kurt
Gödel's theorem
Gödel, Kurt
Incompleteness theorem
Incompleteness theorems
Mathematics
Mathematics - Philosophy
Philosophy
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Summary:Berto's highly readable and lucid guide introduces students and the interested reader to Gödel's celebrated Incompleteness Theorem, and discusses some of the most famous - and infamous - claims arising from Gödel's arguments.Offers a clear understanding of this difficult subject by presenting each of the key steps of the Theorem in separate chaptersDiscusses interpretations of the Theorem made by celebrated contemporary thinkersSheds light on the wider extra-mathematical and philosophical implications of Gödel's theoriesWritten in an accessible, non-technical style.
Bibliography:Includes index
Bibiliography: p. [217]-224
hbk ed: 24 cm
ISBN:1405197676
9781405197670
1405197668
9781405197663
9781444315028
1444315021
DOI:10.1002/9781444315028