Philosophie I Maximen 0 / Philosophy I Maxims 0

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Over a period of 22 years (1934-1955), the mathematician Kurt Goedel wrote down a series of philosophical reflections, the so-called Philosophical Remarks (Max Phil). They have been handed down in 15 notebooks written in Gabelsberg shorthand. The first notebook contains general philosophical reflections. Notebooks two and three consist of Goedel’s individual ethics. The notebooks that follow clearly show that Goedel had designed a philosophy of science in which he placed his discussions of physics, psychology, biology, mathematics, language, theology, and history within the context of a particular metaphysics. For the first time, the Kurt Goedel Research Center of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences is preparing a complete, historical-critical edition of Goedel’s philosophical notebooks. A volume will published each year as a part of this edition. Volume 1, which Goedel entitled Philosophy I Max 0, covers Goedels own philosophical reflections as well as those of other authors that were important to him. These were placed by Goedel at the beginning of his overall philosophical project. The introduction of the editor Eva-Maria Engelen provides an overview of this particular body of work.