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There´s Something About Gödel: The Complete Guide to the Incompleteness Theorem
Francesco Berto
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Description for There´s Something About Gödel: The Complete Guide to the Incompleteness Theorem
Hardback. There's Something About Godel is a lucid and accessible guide to Godel's revolutionary Incompleteness Theorem , considered one of the most astounding argumentative sequences in the history of human thought. It is also an exploration of the most controversial alleged philosophical outcomes of the Theorem. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; PBB; PBCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
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 chapters
- Discusses interpretations of the Theorem made by celebrated contemporary thinkers
- Sheds light on the wider extra-mathematical and philosophical implications of Gödel's theories
- Written in an accessible, non-technical style
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405197663
SKU
V9781405197663
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99-50
About Francesco Berto
Francesco Berto teaches logic, ontology, and philosophy of mathematics at the universities of Aberdeen in Scotland, and Venice and Milan-San Raffaele in Italy. He holds a Chaire d'Excellence fellowship at CNRS in Paris, where he has taught ontology at the École Normale Supérieure, and he is a visiting professor at the Institut Wiener Kreis of the University of Vienna. He ... Read more
Reviews for There´s Something About Gödel: The Complete Guide to the Incompleteness Theorem
"There's Something about G¨odel is a bargain: two books in one. The first half is a gentle but rigorous introduction to the incompleteness theorems for the mathematically uninitiated. The second is a survey of the philosophical, psychological, and sociological consequences people have attempted to derive from the theorems, some of them quite fantastical." (Philosophia Mathematica, 2011) ... Read more