Event Details

January 01, 1959

Description

J.R. Lucas wrote the paper 'Minds, Machines and Gödel'.

Participants (1)

Name Type Mentions
J.R. Lucas person 4 View Entity

Source Documents (1)

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Book Page / Academic Text (Evidentiary Document) • 1.62 MB
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This document appears to be page 205 from a book titled 'Known Unknowns' or a similar academic text, stamped with a House Oversight footer (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015895). The text discusses mathematical inconsistency, the Peano axioms, and the implications of equating numbers (like 0 and 1) on logic systems. It introduces 'The Lucas Argument' regarding J.R. Lucas, Gödel's theorem, and Roger Penrose's later work arguing that the human mind functions outside formal rules, challenging Strong AI.

Event Metadata

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Unknown
Location
Oxford University
Significance Score
5/10
Participants
1
Source Documents
1
Extracted
2025-11-20 19:37

Additional Data

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HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015895.jpg
Date String
1959

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