Redeeming Mathematics

A God-Centered Approach

Vern S. Poythress (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2015
Crossway Books (Verlag)
9781433541100 (ISBN)

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This groundbreaking book lays a theistic foundation for the study of mathematics, exploring everything from simple concepts such as addition and subtraction to more complex topics such as set theory and the nature of infinity.

What does God have to do with mathematics?

Everything.

In this book, Vern Poythress argues that the harmony of abstract mathematical truths, the physical world of things, and the personal world of our thinking depends on the existence of the Christian God. Poythress shows that these distinct “perspectives” on mathematics cohere because all three find their origin in God’s consistent character and nature.

Whether it’s simple addition and subtraction or more complex mathematical concepts such as set theory and the nature of infinity, this fascinating book lays a theistic foundation for all mathematical inquiry.

Vern S. Poythress (PhD, Harvard University; ThD, University of Stellenbosch) is Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Biblical Interpretation, and Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he has taught for four decades. In addition to earning six academic degrees, he is the author of numerous books and articles on biblical interpretation, language, and science.

Introduction: Why God?

Part 1: Basic Questions

God and Mathematics
The One and the Many
Naturalism
The Nature of Numbers

Part 2: Our Knowledge of Mathematics

Human Capabilities
Necessity and Contingency

Part 3: Simple Mathematical Structures

Addition
The Idea of What Is Next
Deriving Arithmetic from Succession
Multiplication
Symmetries
Sets

Part 4: Other Kinds of Numbers

Division and Fractions
Subtraction and Negative Numbers
Irrational Numbers
Imaginary Numbers
Infinity

Part 5: Geometry and Higher Mathematics

Space and Geometry
Higher Mathematics

Appendix A: Secular Theories about the Foundations of Mathematics
Appendix B: Christian Modifications of Philosophies of Mathematics
Appendix C: Deriving Arithmetic
Appendix D: Mathematical Induction
Appendix E: Elementary Set Theory

Verlagsort	Wheaton, IL
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	258 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Religionspädagogik / Katechetik
ISBN-13	9781433541100 / 9781433541100
Zustand	Neuware