Introduction

pp. 1-20

in: Mark Van Atten, Essays on Gödel's reception of Leibniz, Husserl and Brouwer, Berlin, Springer, 2015

Abstract

After a statement of the subject and aim of the book, three aspects of Gödel's philosophical methodology are discussed: Gödel's commitment to phenomenology from about 1959 to the end of his life, the religious component in phenomenology, and the pragmatic value of Husserl's and Gödel's historical turns in philosophy. Finally, an overview is provided of the essays that follow.