Course info
PHIL0175: Gödel's First Incompleteness Theorem (19/20)
The course consists in a detailed exposition of Gödel's First
Incompleteness Theorem and its proof. Students will be introduced to
first-order axiomatic theories, first-order arithmetic, enumerability,
recursivity, definability and representability, models of arithmetic and
arithmetical truth, the arithmetical hierarchy, Gödel's coding technique,
the Diagonal Lemma, and Gödel sentences. Time permiting, we will also look
into Gödel's Second Incompleteness Theorem, Tarski's Theorem,
Hibert-Bernays conditions on provability, and Löb's Theorem.
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Tutor
TW
Course Administrator
AV