Collected Works Volume V: Correspondence, H-Z

by Gödel, Kurt; Feferman, Solomon; Dawson, John W.; Goldfarb, Warren; Parsons, Charles; Sieg, Wilfred

• ISBN13: 9780198500759
• ISBN10: 0198500750
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-06-05
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

Kurt Godel was one of the most outstanding logicians of the 20th century and a giant in the field. This book is part of a five volume set that makes available all of Godel's writings. The first three volumes, already published consists of the papers and essays of Godel. The final two volumes of the set deal with Godel's correspondence with his contemporary mathematicians, this fifth volume consists of material from correspondents from H-Z.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	xxiii
Introductory note by Akihiro Kanamori	1	(2)
Leon Henkin
Letter to Leon Henkin	2	(1)
Introductory note by Wilfried Sieg	3	(24)
Jacques Herbrand
Correspondence with Jacques Herbrand	14	(13)
Introductory note by Charles Parsons	27	(52)
Arend Heyting
Correspondence with Arend Heyting	34	(43)
(See the introductory note to the correspondence with Hao Wang)
Ted Honderich
Letters to Ted Honderich	77	(2)
Introductory note by John W. Dawson, Jr	79	(4)
Ralph Hwastecki
Correspondence with Ralph Hwastecki	79	(4)
Introductory note by John W. Dawson, Jr	83	(52)
Karl Menger
Correspondence with Karl Menger	84	(51)
Introductory note by Charles Parsons and Wilfried Sieg	135	(20)
Ernest Nagel
Correspondence with Ernest Nagel	145	(10)
Introductory note by Solomon Feferman	155	(2)
Donald Perlis
Letter to Donald Perlis	156	(1)
Introductory note by Øystein Linnebo and Charles Parsons	157	(4)
Walter Pitts
Letter to Walter Pitts	159	(2)
Introductory note by John W. Dawson, Jr	161	(2)
David F. Plummer
Letter to David F. Plummer	162	(1)
Introductory note by Warren Goldfarb	163	(2)
Karl Popper
Letter to Karl Popper	164	(1)
Introductory note by Wilfried Sieg	165	(10)
Emil L. Post
Correspondence with Emil L. Post	169	(6)
Introductory note by John W. Dawson, Jr	175	(4)
Leon Rappaport
Letter to Leon Rappaport	176	(3)
Introductory note by Charles Parsons	179	(6)
Wolfgang Rautenberg
Correspondence with Wolfgang Rautenberg	180	(5)
Introductory note by Solomon Feferman	185	(6)
Constance Reid
Correspondence with Constance Reid	186	(5)
Introductory note by Moshe Machover	191	(16)
Abraham Robinson
Correspondence with Abraham Robinson	195	(12)
Introductory note by Warren Goldfarb	207	(2)
Bertrand Russell
Letter to Bertrand Russell	207	(2)
Introductory note by Warren Goldfarb	209	(4)
Frederick W. Sawyer, III
Correspondence with Frederick W. Sawyer, III	209	(4)
Introductory note by Warren Goldfarb	213	(34)
Paul Arthur Schilpp
Correspondence with Paul Arthur Schilpp	217	(30)
Introductory note by David B. Malament	247	(8)
Carl Seelig
Letters to Carl Seelig	248	(7)
Introductory note by Jens Erik Fenstad	255	(3)
Thoralf Skolem
Letter to Thoralf Skolem	256	(2)
Introductory note by Solomon Feferman	258	(3)
Patrick Suppes
Letter to Patrick Suppes	259	(2)
Introductory note by Solomon Feferman	261	(13)
Alfred Tarski
Correspondence with Alfred Tarski	266	(8)
Introductory note by John W. Dawson, Jr	274	(7)
Hans Thirring
Correspondence with Hans Thirring	274	(7)
Introductory note by Akihiro Kanamori	281	(20)
Stanistaw Ulam
Correspondence with Stanislaw Ulam	288	(13)
Introductory note by Warren Goldfarb	301	(26)
Jean van Heijenoort
Correspondence with Jean van Heijenoort	307	(20)
Introductory note by Wilfried Sieg	327	(52)
John von Neumann
Correspondence with John von Neumann	336	(43)
Introductory note by Charles Parsons	379	(40)
Hao Wang
Correspondence with Hao Wang	396	(23)
Introductory note by John W. Dawson, Jr	419	(14)
Ernst Zermelo
Correspondence with Ernst Zermelo	420	(13)
Calendars of correspondence	433	(36)
Correspondence included in these volumes	434	(13)
Individual calendars of correspondence:
Arend Heyting	447	(2)
Karl Menger	449	(2)
Ernest Nagel	451	(1)
Abraham Robinson	452	(2)
Paul Arthur Schilpp	454	(5)
Alfred Tarski	459	(1)
Stanistaw Ulam	460	(1)
Jean van Heijenoort	461	(3)
John von Neumann	464	(1)
Hao Wang	465	(4)
Finding aid: Kurt Godel Papers, by John W. Dawson, Jr., Rebecca Schoff and Barbara Volz, with microfilm information added by Cheryl Dawson for these Works	469	(96)
Appendix A: Letters by others written on Godel's behalf	565	(10)
Appendix B: (1974a) Alternate version of Remark 3 of 1972a	575	(2)
Textual notes	577	(2)
References	579	(66)
Index	645