Javier Leach

Mathematics and Religion

Our Languages of Sign and Symbol

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this volume, Javier Leach leads a fascinating study of the historical development of mathematical language and its influence on the evolution of metaphysical and theological languages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Templeton Press
• First Edition, 1 edition
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 141mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 274g
• ISBN-13: 9781599471495
• ISBN-10: 1599471493
• Artikelnr.: 30350623

Autorenporträt

Javier Leach has been director of the Chair of Science, Technology, and Religion Department since its creation in 2003 at the Comillas University in Madrid (Spain). He is also a Jesuit priest. Currently he teaches logic and mathematics in the Department of Computing at the Complutense University of Madrid, one of the main public universities in Spain. He holds degrees in philosophy, mathematics, and theology.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface vii
Chapter 1: Mathematics and Natural Sciences 3Chapter 2: Metaphysical
Language 16Chapter 3: Origins of Mathematics 35Chapter 4: Euclid and Beyond
44Chapter 5: Dawn of Science 55Chapter 6: Mathematics Formalized 67Chapter
7: Propositional Logic 93Chapter 8: Language and Meaning 106Chapter 9:
Science, Language, and Religion 120Appendix 1: Syntax of Propositional
Logic 133Appendix 2: Semantics of Propositional Logic 136Appendix 3: Syntax
of First-Order Logic 139Appendix 4: Semantics of First-Order Logic
143Appendix 5: Numerical Systems:Their Role in First-Order Logic 147