Gdel's Theorem

About this book

"Among the many expositions of Gdels incompleteness theorems written for non-specialists this book stands apart. With exceptional clarity Franzn gives careful non-technical explanations both of what those theorems say and more importantly what they do not. No other book aims as his does to address in detail the misunderstandings and abuses of the incompleteness theorems that are so rife in popular discussions of their significance. As an antidote to the many spurious appeals to incompleteness in theological anti-mechanist and post-modernist debates it is a valuable addition to the literature." --- John W. Dawson author of Logical Dilemmas: The Life and Work of Kurt Gdel