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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite

17809	Gödel showed that the syntactic approach to the infinite is of limited value [Kreisel]
	Full Idea: Usually Gödel's incompleteness theorems are taken as showing a limitation on the syntactic approach to an understanding of the concept of infinity.
	From: Georg Kreisel (Hilbert's Programme [1958], 05)