On some much maligned remarks of Wittgenstein on gödel
Philosophical Investigations 24 (3):262–270 (2001)
| Abstract | In "Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics" Wittgenstein discusses an argument that goes from Gödel’s incompleteness result to the conclusion that some truths of mathematics are unprovable. Wittgenstein takes issue with this argument. Wittgenstein’s remarks in this connection have received very negative reaction from some very prominent people, for example, Gödel and Dummett. The paper is a defense of what Wittgenstein has to say about the argument in question. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Wittgenstein Gödel’s incompleteness result mathematical truth | |||||||||
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