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W. Poundstone (1955), American author and science journalist. His major works include Prisoner's Dilemma: John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb (1992), The Recursive Universe: Cosmic Complexity and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge (1985), and Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Search for Truth (1988). His fields of specialization are mathematics, physics, psychology, economics, and science journalism.
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Completeness: Completeness typically refers to the property of a system where all necessary elements or operations exist, ensuring that every statement is either provable or disprovable within that system. See also Incompleteness, Definiteness, Determination, Distinction, Indistinguishability._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Beth, Evert Willem | Completeness | Beth | |
Bigelow, John | Completeness | Bigelow | |
Cresswell, Maxwell J. | Completeness | Cresswell | |
d’Abro, A. | Completeness | d’Abro | |
Gould, Stephen Jay | Completeness | Gould | |
Hacking, Ian | Completeness | Hacking | |
Leibniz, G.W. | Completeness | Leibniz | |
Lorenzen, Paul | Completeness | Lorenzen | |
Mates, Benson | Completeness | Mates | |
Poundstone, W. | Completeness | Poundstone | |
Quine, W.V.O. | Completeness | Quine | |
Strawson, Peter F. | Completeness | Strawson | |
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