The Theory of Gödel

Carlo Cellucci is emeritus professor of logic at Sapienza University of Rome. He is the author of eight books: Teoria della dimostrazione (Boringhieri, 1978); Le ragioni della logica (Laterza, 1998); Filosofia e matematica (Laterza, 2003); Perche ancora la filosofia (Laterza, 2008); Rethinking Logic: Logic in Relation to Mathematics, Evolution, and Method (Springer, 2013); Breve storia della logica: Dall'Umanesimo al primo Rinascimento (with Mirella Capozzi, Lulu Press, 2014); Rethinking Knowledge: The Heuristic View (Springer, 2017); The Making of Mathematics: Heuristic Philosophy of Mathematics (Springer, 2022).

First-Order Logic.- Completeness.- First-Order Theories.- Primitive Recursive Arithmetic.- Encoding.- Incompleteness.- Other Limitative Results.- Second-Order Logic.- Second-Order Arithmetic.- Appendix.