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Gödel's background was Lutheran, not Catholic, and I don't think he was particularly orthodox. (I have no idea how his religious convictions influenced his meta
by gjm11 8y ago
Gödel's background was Lutheran, not Catholic, and I don't think he was particularly orthodox. (I have no idea how his religious convictions influenced his metamathematical ones; you might well be right about that.)
- arketyp 8y agoThanks for the correction. I'm sure I've heard biographers (Jessica Goldestein perhaps?) describe his faith as having had a strong influence, but I must have misconstrued it quite a bit as memory faded. You're right, he was raised Lutheran. But his father was Catholic.