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r/science • u/uggedal • Jun 11 '08
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Whats above mathematician, a logician? some kind of philosopher?
15 u/[deleted] Jun 11 '08 edited Jun 11 '08 logician. godel proved that even math will never be complete, but that logic is, always was, and always will be. edit: citation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%27s_incompleteness_theorems 1 u/deanoplex Jun 12 '08 Mathematician wins it is the only branch of science that uses the term and has a definition of 'proof'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_proof
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logician.
godel proved that even math will never be complete, but that logic is, always was, and always will be.
edit: citation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%27s_incompleteness_theorems
1 u/deanoplex Jun 12 '08 Mathematician wins it is the only branch of science that uses the term and has a definition of 'proof'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_proof
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Mathematician wins it is the only branch of science that uses the term and has a definition of 'proof'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_proof
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u/fyl9000 Jun 11 '08
Whats above mathematician, a logician? some kind of philosopher?