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Re:A century ago Ludwig Wittgenstein changed philosophy by vixen99 on Saturday May 22, 2021 @02:56AM (#27244192)
Unless he published a formal demonstration of Gödel's 'error', Wittengenstein's belief is of mere biographical interest. History is littered with eminent people who had all sorts of erroneous beliefs about theories and ideas that we now see as having withstood the test of time.
Re:A century ago Ludwig Wittgenstein changed philosophy by mannerheim on Saturday May 22, 2021 @03:02AM (#27244228)
It's a notable portion of 'Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics'.
Re:A century ago Ludwig Wittgenstein changed philosophy by skoodge on Saturday May 22, 2021 @11:35AM (#27247518)
Wittgenstein never held the view that Gödel's theorem was wrong or erroneous, though. He "only" thought that the philosophical interpretations and the view of the theorem as astounding and incredibly deep were misleading.