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1 online resource (xiv, 391 pages). |
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polychrome |
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Representation and mind
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Representation and mind.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-380) and index. |
| Summary |
Hao Wang (1921-1995) was one of the few confidants of the great mathematician and logician Kurt Godel. A Logical Journey is a continuation of Wang's Reflections on Kurt Godel and also elaborates on discussions contained in From Mathematics to Philosophy. A decade in preparation, it contains important and unfamiliar insights into Godel's views on a wide range of issues, from Platonism and the nature of logic, to minds and machines, the existence of God, and positivism and phenomenology. The impact of Godel's theorem on twentieth-century thought is on a par with that of Einstein's theory of relativity, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, or Keynesian economics. These previously unpublished intimate and informal conversations, however, bring to light and amplify Godel's other major contributions to logic and philosophy. They reveal that there is much more in Godel's philosophy of mathematics than is commonly realized, and more in his philosophy than merely a philosophy of mathematics. |
| Contents |
Godel's life -- Godel's mental development -- Religion and philosophy as guides to action -- The conversations and their background -- Philosophies and philosophers -- Minds and machines: on computabilism -- Platonism or objectivism in mathematics -- Set theory and logic as concept theory -- Godel's approach to philosophy -- Epilogue: alternative philosophies as complementary. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Gödel, Kurt.
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Gödel, Kurt. |
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Logicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Logicians. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Logicians -- Austria -- Biography.
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Austria. |
| Indexed Term |
PHILOSOPHY/General |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wang, Hao, 1921- Logical journey. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1996 0262231891 (DLC) 96032568 (OCoLC)35243454 |
| ISBN |
058502054X (electronic book) |
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9780585020549 (electronic book) |
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9780262285766 |
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0262285762 |
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0262231891 |
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9780262231893 (alkaline paper) |
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