Collected Works, Vol. 3: Unpublished Essays and Lectures - Softcover

Kurt Godel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195147227 ISBN 13: 9780195147223

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) was the most outstanding logician of the twentieth century, famous for his hallmark works on the completeness of logic, the incompleteness of number theory and stronger systems, and the consistency of the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis. He is also noted for his work on constructivity, the decision problem, the foundations of computation theory, unusual cosmological models, and for the strong individuality of his writings on the philosophy of mathematics. The Collected Works is a landmark resource that draws together a lifetime of creative accomplishment. The first two volumes were devoted to Gödel's publications in full (both in the original and translation). This third volume features a wide selection of unpublished articles and lecture texts found in Gödel's Nachlass, documents that enlarge considerably our appreciation of his scientific and philosophical thought and add a great deal to our understanding of his motivations. Continuing the format of the earlier volumes, the present volume includes introductory notes that provide extensive explanatory and historical commentary on each of the papers, English translations of material originally written in German (some transcribed from Gabelsberger shorthand), and a complete bibliography. A succeeding volume is to contain a comprehensive selection of Gödel's scientific correspondence and a complete inventory of his Nachlass. The books are designed to be accessible and useful to as wide an audience as possible without sacrificing scientific or historical accuracy. The only complete edition available in English, it will be an essential part of the working library of professionals and students in logic, mathematics, philosophy, history of science, and computer science.

About this title

About the Author:

S. Feferman is at Stanford University. John W. Dawson is at Pennsylvania State University. Warren Goldfarb and Charles Parsons are both at Harvard University. R. Solovay is Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley.

Review:

"The book....will certainly enlarge our appreciation of Gödel's scientific and philosophical thought as well as our understanding of his motivations. With great impatience we await now the succeeding volume...." --Mathematical Reviews

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0195147227
• ISBN 13: 9780195147223
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 560
• Editor: S. Feferman, John W. Dawson Jr., Warren Goldfarb, Charles Parsons, R. Solovay