Discussion on the foundation of mathematics

History and Philosophy of Logic 5 (1):111-129 (1984)
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This article provides an English translation of a historic discussion on the foundations of mathematics, during which Kurt GÖdel first announced his incompleteness theorem to the mathematical world. The text of the discussion is preceded by brief background remarks and commentary.

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