[FOM] Constructive reactions to Goedel Incompleteness

Timothy Y. Chow tchow at alum.mit.edu
Sun Dec 17 14:04:22 EST 2006


Donald Stahl <philostahl at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Does there exist any information about the specific reason(s) for 
> Zermelo's rejection of Goedel's proof(s)?

I seem to recall that there is some relevant correspondence between 
Zermelo and Goedel reproduced in Volume V of Goedel's "Collected Works."
I think it is pretty clear that Zermelo simply did not fully understand 
Goedel's argument, but judge for yourself.

Tim


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