Kurt Godel Quotes on Nature
Kurt Friedrich Godel was an Austrian-American mathematician, logician, and philosopher and one of the most important logicians in the history of the discipline. This page collects quotes attributed to Kurt Godel on the topic of nature, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Kurt Godel:
“Mathematical objects are real; they are not the inventions of the mind.”
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Attributed to Kurt Godel:
“I have come to the conclusion that the world is rational.”
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“The formation in geological time of the human body by the laws of physics (or any other laws of similar nature), starting from a random distribution of elementary particles and the field is as unlikely as the separation of the atmosphere into its components. The complexity of the living things has to be present within the material [from which they are derived] or in the laws [governing their formation].”
As quoted in "On 'computabilism’ and physicalism: Some Problems" by Hao Wang , in Nature’s Imagination (1995), edited by J. Cornwall, p. 161-189 -
“As quoted in "On 'computabilism’ and physicalism: Some Problems" by Hao Wang , in Nature’s Imagination (1995), edited by J. Cornwall, p. 161-189”
The formation in geological time of the human body by the laws of physics (or any other laws of similar nature), starting from a random distribution of elementary particles and the field is as unlikely as the separation of the atmosphere into its components. The complexity of the living things has to be present within the material [from which they are derived] or in the laws [governing their forma