Gödel's disjunction : the scope and limits of mathematical knowledge [electronic resource] / editors Leon Horsten and Philip Welch.
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TextLanguage: English Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016Manufacturer: Croydon, United Kingdom : CPI Group (UK) Ltd. Edition: First Edition published in 2016Description: 1 online resource (277 pages) : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191820373 (eISBN)Subject(s): Gödel, Kurt | Mathematics -- PhilosophyAdditional physical formats: Print version :: No titleLOC classification: QA8.4 .G63 2016Online resources: e-book Full-text access 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.
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This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 273-277).
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.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 26, 2016).