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This paper is a critical Essay Review of Hao Wang, A logical Journey. From Gödel to Philosophy. Cambridge and London: The MIT Press, 1996, xiv + 391. This is a long-awaited book. It contains Hao Wangs records of his conversations with Kurt Gödel (1906–1978) from 1971 to 1976, ordered by subjects, and some reflections by Wang about Gödel’s life, personality and ideas. The contents of the conversations are mainly philosophical in nature, which is very understandable; although Gödel almost never dared to make his philosophical ideas public, he sometimes felt the need of some philosophical interchange. Consequently, I will consider only the philosophical side of the book, though some other interesting things about Gödel can be found here.

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Philosophy in Hao Wang’s Conversations with Gödel

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  • Francisco Rodríguez-Consuegra

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This paper is a critical Essay Review of Hao Wang, A logical Journey. From Gödel to Philosophy. Cambridge and London: The MIT Press, 1996, xiv + 391. This is a long-awaited book. It contains Hao Wangs records of his conversations with Kurt Gödel (1906–1978) from 1971 to 1976, ordered by subjects, and some reflections by Wang about Gödel’s life, personality and ideas. The contents of the conversations are mainly philosophical in nature, which is very understandable; although Gödel almost never dared to make his philosophical ideas public, he sometimes felt the need of some philosophical interchange. Consequently, I will consider only the philosophical side of the book, though some other interesting things about Gödel can be found here.