Mathematical Logic
Quotes & Thinkers in Mathematical Logic
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10 of 10🇺🇸Kurt Gödel
Philosophy
1906–1978
"National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir"
15 quotes
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🇺🇸Michael J. Beeson
Mathematics
b. 1945
6 quotes
Giuseppe Peano
Literature
1858–1932
"3D Peano Curve at Wolfram Library Archive"
9 quotes
🇨🇭Paul Bernays
Mathematics
1888–1977
5 quotes
Georg Cantor
Mathematics
1845–1918
"I realize that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently defended on the nature of numbers."
25 quotes
Augustus De Morgan
Mathematics
1806–1871
"A Budget of Paradoxes reprinted, with the author's additions from the Athenæum journal"
31 quotes
🇭🇺Paul Halmos
Mathematics
1916–2006
"I read once that the true mark of a pro — at anything — is that he understands, loves, and is good at even the drudgery of his profession."
7 quotes
David Hilbert
Mathematics
1862–1943
"Every kind of science, if it has only reached a certain degree of maturity, automatically becomes a part of mathematics."
27 quotes
🇺🇸Hilary Putnam
Mathematics
Analytic philosophy
1926–2016
". "I think part of the appeal of mathematical logic is that the formulas look mysterious - you write backward Es!"
6 quotes

🇺🇸Edward Nelson
Mathematics
Platonism
1932–2014
"The subject matter of mathematics is the expressions themselves together with the rules for manipulating them—nothing more."
2 quotes