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Gödel had great respect for their work and was considered one of only a few people at the time to have read and understood the work. He wrote an entire paper la
by oglop 2y ago
Gödel had great respect for their work and was considered one of only a few people at the time to have read and understood the work. He wrote an entire paper later in life explaining he wouldn’t have come to his result without Principia because it showed him a base case to work from. Him and Russell would continue to meet and discuss logic well into the 50’s.
- libraryofbabel 2y agoFirst, you’re arguing with someone making a joke, and second, yes, he understood the axioms very well and was able to use the system to prove his incompleteness theorems, but, citation needed on whether he actually read the full three volumes? Russell himself said that “I used to know of only six people who had read the later parts of the book. Three of these were Poles... The other three were Texans [Gödel was neither Polish, nor Texan]”
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