Godel's Disjunction: The Scope and Limits of Mathematical Knowledge

by Philip Welsh

The logician Kurt Godel in 1951 established a disjunctive thesis about the scope and limits of mathematical knowledge: either the mathematical mind is not equivalent to a Turing machine (i.e., a computer), or there are absolutely undecidable mathematical problems. In the second half of the twentieth century, attempts have been made to arrive at a stronger conclusion. In particular, arguments have been produced by the philosopher J.R. Lucas and by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198759592
• ISBN13: 9780198759591
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"