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LTT: Nicholas Rescher
September 10, 2019 @ 8:05 am - 9:00 am EDT
Did Leibniz Anticipate Gödel’s Incompleteness Proof?
Nicholas Rescher, U. of Pittsburgh
Abstract: Kurt Gödel felt sure that Leibniz had anticipated his monumental demonstration of the provability-incompleteness of axiomatic arithmetic. The paper seeks to clarify to what extent Gödel’s suspicions were correct.
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- Date:
- September 10, 2019
- Time:
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8:05 am - 9:00 am EDT
- Event Category:
- Lunchtime Talks
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- 1117 Cathedral of Learning
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4200 Fifth Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15260 United States + Google Map