
Publication details
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Place: Basel
Year: 2017
Pages: 215-222
ISBN (Hardback): 9783319612300
Full citation:
, "Gödel's legacy", in: Humanizing mathematics and its philosophy, Basel, Birkhäuser, 2017


Gödel's legacy
pp. 215-222
in: Bharath Sriraman (ed), Humanizing mathematics and its philosophy, Basel, Birkhäuser, 2017Abstract
In his truly remarkable paper of 1931, Kurt Gödel casts grave doubts on the viability of Hilbert's program for providing a consistent foundation for mathematics. In addition, it compelled logicians to view their subject through entirely new lenses. Two years later, Gödel was invited by the Mathematical Association of America to address one of its meetings. In his address, he spoke as follows:
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Publication details
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Place: Basel
Year: 2017
Pages: 215-222
ISBN (Hardback): 9783319612300
Full citation:
, "Gödel's legacy", in: Humanizing mathematics and its philosophy, Basel, Birkhäuser, 2017