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24.118 Paradox & Infinity (MIT)

This course explores different kinds of infinity; the paradoxes of set theory; the reduction of arithmetic to logic; formal systems; paradoxes involving the concept of truth; Gödel’s incompleteness theorems; the nonformalizable nature of mathematical truth; and Turing machines.
Keywords:
Zeno, time travel, probability, Newcomb's Paradox, higher infinite, Metaphysics, axiom of choice, ocwc, Zeno's Paradox, Godel's theorem, oec, computability, prisoner's dilemma, infinity, free will, Newcomb, Godel
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Material Type:
Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:
August 6, 2014
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 6, 2014
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The Open Education Consortium
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College General Ed
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English
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