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Gödel's disjunction : the scope and limits of mathematical knowledge
Title
Gödel's disjunction : the scope and limits of mathematical knowledge / Leon Horsten and Philip Welch.
ISBN
9780191820373 (ebook) :
Edition
First edition.
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 26, 2016).
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Summary
A famous theorem from Gödel entails that if our thinking capacities do not go beyond what an electronic computer is capable of, then there are indeed absolutely unsolvable mathematical problems. Within this context, the contributions to this book critically examine positions about the scope and limits of human mathematical knowledge.
Variant and related titles
Oxford scholarship online.
Other formats
Print version :
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 18, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience
Specialized.
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