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Mechanism, Mentalism and Metamathematics
J. Webb
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Paperback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
This book grew out of a graduate student paper [261] in which I set down some criticisms of J. R. Lucas' attempt to refute mechanism by means of G6del's theorem. I had made several such abortive attempts myself and had become familiar with their pitfalls, and especially with the double edged nature of incompleteness arguments. My original idea was to model the refutation of mechanism on the almost universally accepted G6delian refutation of Hilbert's formalism, but I kept getting stuck on questions of mathematical philosophy which I found myself having to beg. A thorough study of the foundational works of ... Read more
This book grew out of a graduate student paper [261] in which I set down some criticisms of J. R. Lucas' attempt to refute mechanism by means of G6del's theorem. I had made several such abortive attempts myself and had become familiar with their pitfalls, and especially with the double edged nature of incompleteness arguments. My original idea was to model the refutation of mechanism on the almost universally accepted G6delian refutation of Hilbert's formalism, but I kept getting stuck on questions of mathematical philosophy which I found myself having to beg. A thorough study of the foundational works of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
285
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048183579
SKU
V9789048183579
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