This book, written by one of the most distinguished of contemporary philosophers of mathematics, is a fully rewritten and updated successor to the author's earlier The Unprovability of Consistency (1979). Its subject is the relation between provability and modal logic, a branch of logic invented by Aristotle but much disparaged by philosophers and virtually ignored by mathematicians. Here it receives its first scientific application since its invention. Modal logic is concerned with the notions of necessity and possibility. ...
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This book, written by one of the most distinguished of contemporary philosophers of mathematics, is a fully rewritten and updated successor to the author's earlier The Unprovability of Consistency (1979). Its subject is the relation between provability and modal logic, a branch of logic invented by Aristotle but much disparaged by philosophers and virtually ignored by mathematicians. Here it receives its first scientific application since its invention. Modal logic is concerned with the notions of necessity and possibility. What George Boolos does is to show how the concepts, techniques, and methods of modal logic shed brilliant light on the most important logical discovery of the twentieth century: the incompleteness theorems of Kurt Godel and the 'self-referential' sentences constructed in their proof. The book explores the effects of reinterpreting the notions of necessity and possibility to mean provability and consistency.
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Fair. Size: 6x0x9; Cambridge University Press; New York, 1993. Hardcover. First Publication. Acceptable to Good, black cloth binding with silver lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, trace shelf wear, some discoloration/age spotting to boards, pencil underlining and notes to introduction pages else unmarked, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, tape to verso of tear to bottom spine edge, some sunning along edge, trace edge/corner wear, Dust wrapper. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 276pp., indexed, bibliography. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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