Hilbert’s program

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Hilbert’s program was an influential early-20th-century initiative in the foundations of mathematics that sought to formalize all of mathematics and prove its consistency using finitistic methods.

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instanceOf foundational program in mathematics ⓘ
philosophy of mathematics position ⓘ
research program ⓘ
aim to formalize all of mathematics ⓘ
to justify classical mathematics by finitistic means ⓘ
to prove the consistency of mathematics ⓘ
challengedBy Gödel’s incompleteness theorems ⓘ
Kurt Gödel ⓘ
coreConcept consistency proofs ⓘ
finitism ⓘ
formalization of mathematical theories ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
field foundations of mathematics ⓘ
mathematical logic ⓘ
philosophy of mathematics ⓘ
proof theory ⓘ
hasPart development of formal systems for analysis ⓘ
development of formal systems for arithmetic ⓘ
restriction to finitary reasoning in metamathematics ⓘ
search for consistency proofs ⓘ
historicalEvent Hilbert–Brouwer controversy ⓘ
inception early 20th century ⓘ
influenced constructive approaches to mathematics ⓘ
formalism in the philosophy of mathematics ⓘ
model theory ⓘ
ordinal analysis ⓘ
proof theory ⓘ
recursion theory ⓘ
reverse mathematics ⓘ
influencedBy 19th-century rigorization of analysis ⓘ
David Hilbert’s axiomatic method ⓘ
legacy axiomatic treatment of mathematical theories ⓘ
formal verification and automated theorem proving ⓘ
modern proof theory ⓘ
mainProponent David Hilbert ⓘ
namedAfter David Hilbert ⓘ
notableWork Hilbert and Ackermann’s "Grundzüge der theoretischen Logik" ⓘ
Hilbert’s 1900 Paris lecture ⓘ
linked to: Hilbert problems

Hilbert’s 1920s lectures on proof theory ⓘ
opposedBy L. E. J. Brouwer ⓘ
intuitionism ⓘ
relatedTo formalism ⓘ
intuitionism ⓘ
logicism ⓘ
status classically regarded as refuted in its original form ⓘ
partially realized ⓘ
usesMethod finitistic methods ⓘ
formal axiomatic systems ⓘ
metamathematical reasoning ⓘ

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David Hilbert → notableWork → Hilbert’s program ⓘ
David Hilbert → notableIdea → Hilbert’s program in proof theory ⓘ
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Wilhelm Ackermann → contributedTo → Hilbert program ⓘ
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Jacques Herbrand → contributedTo → Hilbert's program ⓘ
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Gödel's incompleteness theorems → relatedTo → Hilbert's program ⓘ
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Entscheidungsproblem → historicalContext → Hilbert’s program ⓘ
completeness theorem for first-order logic → historicalContext → Hilbert program ⓘ
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Gödel numbering → usedIn → Hilbert's program analysis ⓘ
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Paul Bernays → notableWork → Hilbert–Bernays foundations of mathematics ⓘ
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Hilbert’s second problem → relatedTo → Hilbert’s program ⓘ
Recherches sur la théorie de la démonstration → relatedTo → Hilbert's program ⓘ
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The Undecidable → subject → Hilbert’s program ⓘ
Engines of Logic → mentionsConcept → Hilbert's program ⓘ
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The Universal Computer → explainsConcept → Hilbert’s program ⓘ
Grundzüge der theoretischen Logik → relatedTo → Hilbert program ⓘ
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Hilbert–Brouwer controversy → relatedTo → Hilbert program ⓘ
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Grundzüge der theoretischen Logik → era → Hilbert program in the foundations of mathematics ⓘ
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Grundzüge der theoretischen Logik → relatedTo → Hilbert’s program ⓘ
arithmetization of syntax → relatedConcept → Hilbert's program ⓘ
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Grundlagen der Mathematik → subject → Hilbert program ⓘ
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Gentzen’s consistency proof for arithmetic → goesBeyond → Hilbert’s finitist program ⓘ
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Principles of Mathematical Logic → influenced → Hilbert program ⓘ
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Principles of Mathematical Logic → partOf → Hilbert program ⓘ
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Gerhard Gentzen → contributedTo → Hilbert’s program ⓘ
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