12 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
17892 | For clear questions posed by reason, reason can also find clear answers [Gödel] |
9188 | Gödel proved that first-order logic is complete, and second-order logic incomplete [Gödel, by Dummett] |
23476 | Logical constants seem to be entities in propositions, but are actually pure form [Russell] |
23477 | We use logical notions, so they must be objects - but I don't know what they really are [Russell] |
10620 | Originally truth was viewed with total suspicion, and only demonstrability was accepted [Gödel] |
18273 | Logical truths are known by their extreme generality [Russell] |
17883 | Gödel's Theorems did not refute the claim that all good mathematical questions have answers [Gödel, by Koellner] |
17885 | Gödel eventually hoped for a generalised completeness theorem leaving nothing undecidable [Gödel, by Koellner] |
10614 | The real reason for Incompleteness in arithmetic is inability to define truth in a language [Gödel] |
22315 | There can't be a negative of a complex, which is negated by its non-existence [Potter on Russell] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |