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Impossibility
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ISBN: 058513362X 9780585133621 9780195351385 019535138X 0198518900 0198503784 9780198518907 9780198503781 9780195130829 0195130820 1280833165 9786610833160 0191523380 0197732356 Year: 1998 Publisher: New York Oxford University Press

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In 'Impossibility', John D. Barrow - one of our most elegant and accomplished science writers - argues convincingly that there are limits to human discovery, that there are things that are ultimately unknowable, undoable, or unreachable. Barrow first examines the limits of the human mind: our brain evolved to meet the demands of our immediate environment, and much that lies outside this small circle may also lie outside our understanding. He investigates practical impossibilities, such as those imposed by complexity, uncomputability, or the finiteness of time, space, and resources. Is the universe finite or infinite? Can information be transmitted faster than the speed of light? The book also examines deeper theoretical restrictions on our ability to know, including Gödel's theorem, which proved that there were things that could not be proved.


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Gödel's Incompleteness theorems
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ISBN: 1108981976 1108986994 1108990096 1108993761 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This Element takes a deep dive into Gödel's 1931 paper giving the first presentation of the Incompleteness Theorems, opening up completely passages in it that might possibly puzzle the student, such as the mysterious footnote 48a. It considers the main ingredients of Gödel's proof: arithmetization, strong representability, and the Fixed Point Theorem in a layered fashion, returning to their various aspects: semantic, syntactic, computational, philosophical and mathematical, as the topic arises. It samples some of the most important proofs of the Incompleteness Theorems, e.g. due to Kuratowski, Smullyan and Robinson, as well as newer proofs, also of other independent statements, due to H. Friedman, Weiermann and Paris-Harrington. It examines the question whether the incompleteness of e.g. Peano Arithmetic gives immediately the undecidability of the Entscheidungsproblem, as Kripke has recently argued. It considers set-theoretical incompleteness, and finally considers some of the philosophical consequences considered in the literature.

Gödel's theorem : an incomplete guide to its use and abuse
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ISBN: 1568812388 9781568812380 Year: 2005 Publisher: Wellesley, MA: A.K. Peters,

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"Among the many expositions of Godel's incompleteness theorems written for non-specialists, this book stands apart. With exceptional clarity, Franzen gives careful, non-technical explanations both of what those theorems say and, more importantly, what they do not. No other book aims, as his does, to address in detail the misunderstandings and abuses of the incompleteness theorems that are so rife in popular discussions of their significance. As an antidote to the many spurious appeals to incompleteness in theological, anti-mechanist and post-modernist debates, it is a valuable addition to the literature." --- John W. Dawson, author of Logical Dilemmas: The Life and Work of Kurt Godel

Thinking about Gödel and Turing
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ISBN: 1281918679 9786611918675 9812708979 9789812708977 9789812708960 9812708960 9789812708953 9812708952 9781281918673 6611918671 Year: 2007 Publisher: Hackensack, N.J. World Scientific

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Dr Gregory Chaitin, one of the world's leading mathematicians, is best known for his discovery of the remarkable O number, a concrete example of irreducible complexity in pure mathematics which shows that mathematics is infinitely complex. In this volume, Chaitin discusses the evolution of these ideas, tracing them back to Leibniz and Borel as well as Gödel and Turing.This book contains 23 non-technical papers by Chaitin, his favorite tutorial and survey papers, including Chaitin's three Scientific American articles. These essays summarize a lifetime effort to use the notion of program-size co

Word problems II : the Oxford book
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ISBN: 044485343X 9786613838162 1283525712 0080955037 9780444853431 9780080955032 Year: 1979 Volume: v. 95 Publisher: Amsterdam : North-Holland Pub. Co.,


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Kurt Gödel and the foundations of mathematics
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ISBN: 9781107677999 9780521761444 9780511974236 9781139077378 1139077376 9781139079655 1139079654 051197423X 0521761441 9781139075114 113907511X 9781139081931 1139081934 1107216699 1139062913 1283127237 9786613127235 1139069349 1107677998 Year: 2011 Publisher: Cambridge New York

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This volume commemorates the life, work, and foundational views of Kurt Godel (1906-1978), most famous for his hallmark works on the completeness of first-order logic, the incompleteness of number theory, and the consistency - with the other widely accepted axioms of set theory - of the axiom of choice and of the generalized continuum hypothesis. It explores current research, advances, and ideas for future directions not only in the foundations of mathematics and logic, but also in the fields of computer science, artificial intelligence, physics, cosmology, philosophy, theology, and the history of science. The discussion is supplemented by personal reflections from several scholars who knew Godel personally, providing some interesting insights into his life. By putting his ideas and life's work into the context of current thinking and perceptions, this book will extend the impact of Godel's fundamental work in mathematics, logic, philosophy, and other disciplines for future generations of researchers


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Metamathematics, machines, and Gödel's proof
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ISBN: 052142027X Year: 1994 Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,

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510.6 --- Godel's theorem --- -Automatic theorem proving --- #KVIV:BB --- 681.3*F41 --- 681.3*I23 --- Automated theorem proving --- Theorem proving, Automated --- Theorem proving, Automatic --- Artificial intelligence --- Proof theory --- Gödel's incompleteness theorem --- Undecidable theories --- Arithmetic --- Completeness theorem --- Incompleteness theorems --- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical --- Number theory --- Decidability (Mathematical logic) --- Mathematical logic --- Data processing --- Mathematical logic: computability theory; computational logic; lambda calculus; logic programming; mechanical theorem proving; model theory; proof theory;recursive function theory--See also {681.3*F11}; {681.3*I22}; {681.3*I23} --- Deduction and theorem proving: answer/reason extraction; reasoning; resolution; metatheory; mathematical induction; logic programming (Artificial intelligence) --- Foundations --- 681.3*I23 Deduction and theorem proving: answer/reason extraction; reasoning; resolution; metatheory; mathematical induction; logic programming (Artificial intelligence) --- 681.3*F41 Mathematical logic: computability theory; computational logic; lambda calculus; logic programming; mechanical theorem proving; model theory; proof theory;recursive function theory--See also {681.3*F11}; {681.3*I22}; {681.3*I23} --- 510.6 Mathematical logic --- Automatic theorem proving --- Gödel's theorem --- Gödel, Kurt --- Gödel, Kurt. --- Computer programs --- Logiciels --- Verification --- Vérification --- Informatique --- Computer science --- Computer science. --- Logique mathématique --- Décidabilité (logique mathématique) --- Vérification. --- Metamathematique --- Logique mathematique --- Logique générale --- Theorie de la preuve --- Lambda-calculus

Shadows of the mind : a search for the missing science of consciousness
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ISBN: 0198539789 0099582112 9780198539780 Year: 1995 Publisher: Oxford: Oxford university press,

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A New York Times bestseller when it appeared in 1989, Roger Penrose's The Emperor's New Mind was universally hailed as a marvelous survey of modern physics as well as a brilliant reflection on the human mind, offering a new perspective on the scientific landscape and a visionary glimpse of the possible future of science. Now, in Shadows of the Mind, Penrose offers another exhilarating look at modern science as he mounts an even more powerful attack on artificial intelligence. But perhaps more important, in this volume he points the way to a new science, one that may eventually explain the physical basis of the human mind. Penrose contends that some aspects of the human mind lie beyond computation. This is not a religious argument (that the mind is something other than physical) nor is it based on the brain's vast complexity (the weather is immensely complex, says Penrose, but it is still a computable thing, at least in theory). Instead, he provides powerful arguments to support his conclusion that there is something in the conscious activity of the brain that transcends computation--and will find no explanation in terms of present-day science. To illuminate what he believes this "something" might be, and to suggest where a new physics must proceed so that we may understand it, Penrose cuts a wide swathe through modern science, providing penetrating looks at everything from Turing computability and Godel's incompleteness, via Schrodinger's Cat and the Elitzur-Vaidman bomb-testing problem, to detailed microbiology. Of particular interest is Penrose's extensive examination of quantum mechanics, which introduces some new ideas that differ markedly from those advanced in The Emperor's New Mind, especially concerning the mysterious interface where classical and quantum physics meet. But perhaps the most interesting wrinkle in Shadows of the Mind is Penrose's excursion into microbiology, where he examines cytoskeletons and microtubules, minute substructures lying de

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Artificial intelligence --- Thought and thinking --- Gödel's theorem --- Quantum theory --- Physics --- Philosophy --- Gödel [Theorema van ] --- Gödel [Théorème de ] --- Gödel, Théorème de --- Godel's theorem --- Gödel's incompleteness theorem --- Undecidable theories --- Incompleteness theorems --- Decidability (Mathematical logic) --- Gödel's theorem. --- Gödel's theorem --- Gödel, Théorème de --- 510.21 --- 681.3*I2 --- 681.3*I2 Artificial intelligence. AI --- Artificial intelligence. AI --- Mind --- Thinking --- Thoughts --- Educational psychology --- Psychology --- Intellect --- Logic --- Perception --- Psycholinguistics --- Self --- 510.21 General philosophical considerations. Critical aspects. Logical antinomies --- General philosophical considerations. Critical aspects. Logical antinomies --- Quantum dynamics --- Quantum mechanics --- Quantum physics --- Mechanics --- Thermodynamics --- Arithmetic --- Completeness theorem --- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical --- Number theory --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Foundations --- Cognitive psychology --- Artificial intelligence. --- Intelligence artificielle --- Physique --- Théorie quantique --- Pensée --- Philosophie --- Quantum theory. --- Thought and thinking. --- Philosophy. --- Gèodel's theorem. --- Consciousness --- Conscience --- Pensée --- Théorie quantique --- Conscience. --- Intelligence artificielle. --- Pensée. --- Gödel, Théorème de. --- Théorie quantique. --- Philosophie. --- Physics - Philosophy --- Pensée. --- Gödel, Théorème de.

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