Wittgenstein and the Turning Point in the Philosophy of Mathematics
Wittgenstein and the Turning Point in the Philosophy of Mathematics by Stuart G. Shanker
English | October 13, 2005 | ISBN: 0415382866 | True PDF | 376 pages | 5.98 MB
English | October 13, 2005 | ISBN: 0415382866 | True PDF | 376 pages | 5.98 MB
First published in 2005. This study seeks to identify the specific mistakes that critics were alluding to in their passing asides on Wittgenstein's failure to grasp the mechanics of Godel's second incompleteness theorem. It also includes an understanding of his attack on meta-mathematics and Hilbert's Programme.