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21752 | Prior to Gödel we thought truth in mathematics consisted in provability [Gödel, by Quine] |
Full Idea: Gödel's proof wrought an abrupt turn in the philosophy of mathematics. We had supposed that truth, in mathematics, consisted in provability. | |
From: report of Kurt Gödel (On Formally Undecidable Propositions [1931]) by Willard Quine - Forward to Gödel's Unpublished | |
A reaction: This explains the crisis in the early 1930s, which Tarski's theory appeared to solve. |