Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar (Monday - Week 6, TT26)

Abstract: Philosophers of mathematics have been puzzled by a 1933 remark of Gödel’s, in his “The present situation in the foundations of mathematics”, by which “our axioms, if interpreted as meaningful statements, necessarily presuppose a kind of platonism, which cannot satisfy any critical mind.” That claim seems to stand in flat contradiction to Gödel’s later strong realist view of the axioms of set theory. An explanation is provided by a recently found early manuscript version of Gödel’s essay.

Registration: If you do not hold a University card which gives access to the upper floors of the Schwarzman Centre, please write to admin@philosophy.ox.ac.uk copied to daniel.isaacson@philosophy.ox.ac.uk at least two working days before a seminar to register your attendance.  

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