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Tables of Contents for Reflections on Kurt Godel
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Abbreviations and references
xiii
Chronology
xix
PART I Facts
1
144
A life of fundamental theoretical work
11
30
Letter from Dr. Rudolf Godel (RG)
12
4
The Grandjean questionnaire (GQ)
16
10
My 1972 evaluation
26
3
Aspects of the life work
29
1
The friendship between Godel and Einstein
30
11
Some facts about Kurt Godel
41
28
The 1976 text
41
7
Relation to the Schlick Circle
48
4
The dramatic response to Hilbert
52
6
Some comparisons with Wittgenstein
58
11
A chronological account: Central Europe (1906-1939)
69
36
Account continued: the Princeton years (1940-1978)
105
40
PART II Thoughts
145
116
Introductory observations
149
18
By way of Einstein
149
9
Comments on the following chapters
158
9
Concepts in science and technology
167
20
Computers and mechanical procedures
168
3
Mathematical practice
171
4
Mathematical logic
175
2
The nature of mathematics
177
5
Relativity theory and the concept of time
182
5
Godel and philosophy
187
22
Conceptual realism
188
4
Aspects of Godel's philosophy
192
7
Objectivism centered on number theory
199
10
Auseinandersetzungen
209
22
Religious metaphysics
212
6
On rationalistic optimism
218
4
Truth and the spirit of the time
222
9
To fit all the parts together
231
30
Fitting together
232
6
Aspects of method
238
6
Bricks, blocks, and pointers
244
10
Additional notes and remarks
254
7
PART III Texts (a supplement)
261
60
Mathematical papers
265
18
Completeness of elementary logic
265
8
Incompletability of mathematics
273
10
Philosophical papers
283
38
The problem of evidence
287
4
Cantor and set theory
291
13
Russell and mathematical logic
304
17
Index
321