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.
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S.G. Shanker Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 690g ISBN:9780415607551 ISBN 10: 0415607558 Pages: 360 Publication Date:18 October 2010 Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Primary
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Chapter 1 Wittgenstein’s Turning-Point; Chapter 2 The Strains in the Realist/Anti-Realist Framework; Chapter 3 The Nature of Proof; Chapter 4 Surveyability; Chapter 5 The Perils of Prose; Chapter 6 Consistency; Chapter 7 The Recovery of Certainty; Chapter 8 Freedom and Necessity;