Event Title
The Miracle of Mathematics
Location
Seminary Room N235
Start Date
15-2-2019 10:20 AM
End Date
15-2-2019 10:45 AM
Description
What is mathematics? Why should the Christian be interested in mathematics? In this presentation we’ll consider what Eugene Wigner referred to as the “miracle” of mathematics’ consistency and applicability to the natural sciences. This will lead us to consider the nature of mathematics and what our ability to do mathematics reveals about the nature of humanity. Also of interest will be Gödel’s incompleteness theorems that demonstrated the inexhaustibility of mathematics. We’ll show that the Christian has strong motivation to pursue and appreciate mathematical truth. Moreover, we’ll argue that the success of mathematics serves as a critique of naturalism and testifies to a beauty-loving, rational Creator of the universe that has made humanity in the Imago Dei.
The Miracle of Mathematics
Seminary Room N235
What is mathematics? Why should the Christian be interested in mathematics? In this presentation we’ll consider what Eugene Wigner referred to as the “miracle” of mathematics’ consistency and applicability to the natural sciences. This will lead us to consider the nature of mathematics and what our ability to do mathematics reveals about the nature of humanity. Also of interest will be Gödel’s incompleteness theorems that demonstrated the inexhaustibility of mathematics. We’ll show that the Christian has strong motivation to pursue and appreciate mathematical truth. Moreover, we’ll argue that the success of mathematics serves as a critique of naturalism and testifies to a beauty-loving, rational Creator of the universe that has made humanity in the Imago Dei.