There's Something About Gödel

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Berto's highly readable and lucid guide introduces studentsand the interested reader to Gödel's celebratedIncompleteness Theorem, and discusses some of the mostfamous - and infamous - claims arising from Gödel's arguments. * Offers a clear understanding of this difficult subject bypresenting each of the key steps of the Theorem in separatechapters * Discusses interpretations of the Theorem made bycelebrated contemporary thinkers * Sheds light on the wider extra-mathematical and philosophicalimplications of Gödel's theories * Written in an accessible, non-technical style

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Francesco Berto

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"This is a beautifully clear and accurate presentation of thematerial, with no technical demands beyond what is required foraccuracy, and filled with interesting philosophical suggestions."(John Woods, University of British Columbia) "There's Something about G¨odel is a bargain: two books inone. The first half is a gentle but rigorous introduction to theincompleteness theorems for the mathematically uninitiated. Thesecond is a survey of the philosophical, psychological, andsociological consequences people have attempted to derive from thetheorems, some of them quite fantastical." (PhilosophiaMathematica, 2011) "There is a story that in 1930 the great mathematician John vonNeumann emerged from a seminar delivered by Kurt Gödel saying:'It's all over.' Gödel had just proved the twotheorems about the logical foundations of mathematics that are thesubject of this valuable new book by Francesco Berto. Berto's clearexposition and his strategy of dividing the proof into short,easily digestible chunks make it pleasant reading ... .Berto islucid and witty in exposing mistaken applications of Gödel'sresults ... [and] has provided a thoroughly recommendable guide toGödel's theorems and their current status within, and outside,mathematical logic." (Times Higher EducationSupplement, February 2010)"Berto's book will tell you everything you wanted to know aboutGödel's theorem, but were too afraid to ask. Read it if youwant your biggest organ pleasurably stimulated." --Graham Priest, University of Melbourne
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