Re: Is Godel's Theorem surprising?

Concerning the surprised reactions to Gödel's Theorem:

For a historical and philosophical study that sheds some light on this 
issue, see:  S. Awodey & E. Reck, "Completeness and Categoricity, Part 
I: 19th Century Axiomatics to 20th Century Metalogic", History and 
Philosophy of Logic 23:1, 2002, 1-30

Erich Reck


Erich Reck (Assoc. Prof.), Dept. of Philosophy
University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
Webpage: http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~reck/