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Yanofsky, Noson S., 1967-
Subjects
Knowledge, Theory of.
Science -- Philosophy.
Mathematics -- Philosophy.
Paradoxes.
Infinite.
Chaotic behavior in systems.
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Yanofsky, Noson S., 1967-
Knowledge, Theory of.
Science -- Philosophy.
Mathematics -- Philosophy.
Paradoxes.
Infinite.
Chaotic behavior in systems.
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The outer limits of reason : what science, mathematics, and logic cannot tell us /
Noson
S
.
Yanofsky
.
by
Yanofsky
,
Noson
S
.,
1967-
The MIT Press, c2013.
Call #:
001.01 Y24o
Subjects
Knowledge, Theory of.
Science -- Philosophy.
Mathematics -- Philosophy.
Paradoxes.
Infinite.
Chaotic behavior in systems.
ISBN:
9780262019354 (hc.)
Description:
xiv, 403 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-391) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Language paradoxes -- Philosophical conundrums -- Infinity puzzles -- Computing complexities -- Computing impossibilities -- Scientific limitations -- Metascientific perplexities -- Mathematical obstructions -- Beyond reason.
Summary:
"Many books explain what is known about the universe. This book investigates what cannot be known, what science, mathematics, and reason tell us cannot be revealed, what cannot be predicted, described, or known, and what will never be understood, the limitations of computers, physics, logic, and our own thought processes.
Yanofsky
describes simple tasks that would take computers trillions of centuries to complete and other problems that computers can never solve; perfectly formed English sentences that make no sense; different levels of infinity; the bizarre world of the quantum; the relevance of relativity theory; the causes of chaos theory; math problems that cannot be solved by normal means; and statements that are true but cannot be proven. He explains the limitations of our intuitions about the world -- our ideas about space, time, and motion, and the complex relationship between the knower and the known. Moving from the concrete to the abstract, from problems of everyday language to straightforward philosophical questions to the formalities of physics and mathematics,
Yanofsky
demonstrates a myriad of unsolvable problems and paradoxes. Exploring the various limitations of our knowledge, he shows that many of these limitations have a similar pattern and that by investigating these patterns, we can better understand the structure and limitations of reason itself.
Yanofsky
even attempts to look beyond the borders of reason to see what, if anything, is out there"--Provided by publisher.
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