Editing Gödel's incompleteness theorems (section)

=== Appeals to the incompleteness theorems in other fields ===

Appeals and analogies are sometimes made to the incompleteness of theorems in support of arguments that go beyond mathematics and logic. Several authors have commented negatively on such extensions and interpretations, including {{harvtxt|Franzén|2005}}, {{harvtxt|Raatikainen|2005}}, {{harvtxt|Sokal|Bricmont|1999}}; and {{harvtxt|Stangroom|Benson|2006}}.{{sfnm
 | 1a1 = Franzén | 1y = 2005
 | 2a1 = Raatikainen | 2y = 2005
 | 3a1 = Sokal | 3a2 = Bricmont | 3y = 1999
 | 4a1 = Stangroom | 4a2 = Benson | 4y = 2006
}}
{{harvtxt|Sokal|Bricmont|1999}} and {{harvtxt|Stangroom|Benson|2006}}, for example, quote from [[Rebecca Goldstein]]'s comments on the disparity between Gödel's avowed [[Mathematical Platonism|Platonism]] and the [[anti-realist]] uses to which his ideas are sometimes put. {{harvtxt|Sokal|Bricmont|1999}} criticize [[Régis Debray]]'s invocation of the theorem in the context of sociology; Debray has defended this use as metaphorical (ibid.).{{sfnm
 | 1a1 = Sokal | 1a2 = Bricmont | 1y = 1999
 | 2a1 = Stangroom | 2a2 = Benson | 2y = 2006 | 2p = 10
 | 3a1 = Sokal | 3a2 = Bricmont | 3y = 1999 | 3p = 187
}}