Gödel's proof / by Ernest Nagel and James R. Newman ; edited and with a new foreword by Douglas R. Hofstadter.

By: Nagel, Ernest, Contributor(s): Newman, James R. (James Roy), | Hofstadter, Douglas R, 1945-Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c2001Edition: Rev. edDescription: xxiii, 129 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780814758373 (pbk)Subject(s): Gödel's theoremDDC classification: 511.3
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Foreword to the New Edition by Douglas R Hofstadter ix -- Acknowledgments xxiii -- i Introduction I -- II The Problem of Consistency 7 -- inI Absolute Proofs of Consistency 25 -- iv The Systematic Codification of Formal Logic 37 -- v An Example of a Successful Absolute Proof of -- Consistency 45 -- vI The Idea of Mapping and Its Use in Mathematics 57 -- vii G6del's Proofs 68 -- A Godel numbering 68 -- B The arithmetization of meta-mathematics 80 -- c The heart of Godel's argument 92 -- vIII Concluding Reflections 109 -- Appendix: Notes 114 -- Brief Bibliography 125 -- Index 127.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 125) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Foreword to the New Edition by Douglas R Hofstadter ix -- Acknowledgments xxiii -- i Introduction I -- II The Problem of Consistency 7 -- inI Absolute Proofs of Consistency 25 -- iv The Systematic Codification of Formal Logic 37 -- v An Example of a Successful Absolute Proof of -- Consistency 45 -- vI The Idea of Mapping and Its Use in Mathematics 57 -- vii G6del's Proofs 68 -- A Godel numbering 68 -- B The arithmetization of meta-mathematics 80 -- c The heart of Godel's argument 92 -- vIII Concluding Reflections 109 -- Appendix: Notes 114 -- Brief Bibliography 125 -- Index 127.

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