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 the physicistand mathematician Rog...
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 288 ● ISBN 9780191077685 ● Editor Leon Horsten & Philip Welch ● Publisher OUP Oxford ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5281035 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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