Full Idea
The goal of my theory is to establish once and for all the certitude of mathematical methods.
Gist of Idea
My theory aims at the certitude of mathematical methods
Source
David Hilbert (On the Infinite [1925], p.184), quoted by James Robert Brown - Philosophy of Mathematics Ch.5
Book Reference
Brown,James Robert: 'Philosophy of Mathematics' [Routledge 2002], p.66
A Reaction
This dream is famous for being shattered by Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem a mere six years later. Neverless there seem to be more limited certainties which are accepted in mathematics. The certainty of the whole of arithmetic is beyond us.