Disturbing, but not surprising: Did Gödel surprise Einstein with a rotating universe and time travel? [Book Review]

Foundations of Physics 26 (4):501-521 (1996)
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The question is raised as to the kind of methodology required to deal with foundational issues. A comparative study of the methodologies of Gödel and Einstein reveals some similar traits which reflect a concern with foundational problems. It is claimed that the interest in foundational problems stipulates a certain methodology, namely, the methodology of limiting cases

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From Mathematics to Philosophy.Hao Wang - 1974 - London and Boston: London.
Ontology and the vicious-circle principle.Charles S. Chihara - 1973 - Ithaca [N.Y.]: Cornell University Press.

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