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Mathematics and the mind of God – before the big changes In the past, strong links between mathematics and the divine have always been assumed; see, for example, the historical study Koetsier and Bergmann (eds. 2005). For many, mathematical knowledge used to be ‘an aspect of spiritual knowledge, knowledge in the mind of God’ (Hersh 1997:236).
Apr 29, 2019 · Yet, laws of mathematics are conceptual in nature; they have and can have no existence except when they are mentally conceived. So how can a conceptual entity like math exist before any mind is around to think it? The answer is that math isn't the product of a human mind, but rather the product of the mind of God.
- Is Reality Altogether Mathematical?
- Non-Quantifiable Stuff
- The Response to Music
- Roger Penrose: The Brain Is Not A “Meat Computer”
- Are There Scientific Explanations For Consciousness?
- Is Mathematics Quasi-Empirical?
- Faith and Reason Are The Two Wings
Now it goes without saying (although I will say it) that if God is omniscient, he knows everything and therefore must know all mathematics. However, contrary to what Max Tegmark suggests in his book, “Our Mathematical Universe,” these propositions do not require that reality is altogether mathematical. Were reality totally mathematical, then the ma...
I invite the reader to suggest things that cannot be quantified by numbers. Here’s my list of a few: 1. self-awareness, consciousness (“Cogito, ergo sum”) 2. moments of communion with God, The Holy Spirit, Jesus 3. love of another 4. shame 5. anger 6. pain 7. happiness 8. joy 9. feelings aroused by nature 10. emotion on hearing music 11. excitement...
Let’s explore just one of the above in more detail: responses to music. In a post,God’s Gift to Man—the Transforming Power of Music, I discussed the emotional and spiritual impact music has on me, an effect that is independent of mathematical relationships. The Pythagorean harmonies have no place in the dissonances of Bartok, Berlioz or even Mozart...
Let’s turn to consciousness/self-awareness as an attribute of mathematical reality. Is the brain a “meat computer”–can consciousness/self-awareness be programmed? In other words, does the self-aware brain operate by algorithms? The eminent mathematical physicist, Roger Penrose, has said no to this proposition in three books: “The Emperor’s New Mind...
It depends on who you ask. Note that Max Tegmark does not show in “Our Mathematical Universe” how one can explain consciousness as a mathematical phenomenon. He claims that this will be done in the future, but that seems to me very much like a scientism of the gaps. Penrose assumes that a theory of quantum gravity will explain consciousness. The ph...
If mathematics (maybe I should upper-case that?) is to be the end-all and be-all of everything, then it seems reasonable to suppose that mathematics is complete in itself—there are no loose ends. A primitive view of Goedel’s and Turing’s theorems suggest that this is not so. Reinforcing this opinion are the books of the computer philosopher Gregory...
I view mathematics, logic, and reason as the foundations and the framework of the building in which we live. There are essential additions—faith, religion, beauty, love—that are non-mathematical and transcend the bounds of logic. As Pope St. John Paul II said. So here’s my answer to the question in Livio’s title: God is much more than a mathematici...
Apr 19, 2022 · This article discussed the question ‘Does God speak through the language of mathematics?’ For centuries, mathematicians with different religious backgrounds would have answered this question ...
- Volker Kessler
God and so one can infer that there are causes which signify. Nor does this in any way de-tract from divine omnipotence or liberty which are tied to secondary causes. Although God is a perfect and free agent, unrestrained by any natural law, yet he did not want to pervert the order of nature that he set up.
- Dale McIntyre
- 2017
puts emphasis on God’s action to create order out of disorder, to give a purpose to the material world.4 Throughout scripture, whenever God speaks, order appears, and God declares it to be good. The process of building and defi ning a mathemati-cal model has been identifi ed by several Christian mathematicians as a unique means for understand-
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The book is aimed at Christians and the focus is on recognising God in mathematics if we already know him rather than on apologetics. It is academic in style but does not assume any mathematical knowledge, though an interest in philosophy would definitely be an advantage.
