Kurt Godel Unpublished Philosophical Essays

Name: Kurt Godel Unpublished Philosophical Essays
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ISBN: 9783764353100

ISBN-10: 3764353104

ISBN-13: 9783764353100

Edition: 1995

Authors: Francisco A. Rodriguez-Consuegra

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Kurt Gï¿½del, together with Bertrand Russell, is the most important name in logic, and in the foundations and philosophy of mathematics of this century. However, unlike Russel, Gï¿½del the mathematician published very little apart from his well-known writings in logic, metamathematics and set theory. Fortunately, Gï¿½del the philosopher, who devoted more years of his life to philosophy than to technical investigation, wrote hundreds of pages on the philosophy of mathematics, as well as on other fields of philosophy. It was only possible to learn more about his philosophical works after the opening of his literary estate at Princeton a decade ago. The goal of this book is to make available…

Book details

Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Springer Basel AG
Publication date: 12/1/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 235
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.166



Foreword



Acknowledgements


Introduction



Kurt Godel and the philosophy of mathematics



Realism, metamathematics and the unpublished essays



The analytic-synthetic distinction



The mathematics-physics analogy


Bibliography



The unpublished essays



The character and origin of the manuscripts in the present edition



Some basic theorems on the foundations of mathematics and their philosophical implications (1951)



Is mathematics syntax of language?, II (1953-54?)



Is mathematics syntax of language?, VI (1955-56?)


Index