| Description |
1 online resource (201 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Mathematics and Natural Sciences; Chapter 2: Metaphysical Language; Chapter 3: Origins of Mathematics; Chapter 4: Euclid and Beyond; Chapter 5: Dawn of Science; Chapter 6: Mathematics Formalized; Chapter 7: Propositional Logic; Chapter 8: Language and Meaning; Chapter 9: Science, Language, and Religion; Appendix 1: Syntax of Propositional Logic; Appendix 2: Semantics of Propositional Logic; Appendix 3: Syntax of First-Order Logic; Appendix 4: Semantics of the First-Order Logic |
| Summary |
Mathematics and Religion: Our Languages of Sign and Symbol is the sixth title published in the Templeton Science and Religion Series, in which scientists from a wide range of fields distill their experience and knowledge into brief tours of their respective specialties. In this volume, Javier Leach, a mathematician and Jesuit priest, leads a fascinating study of the historical development of mathematical language and its influence on the evolution of metaphysical and theological languages. Leach traces three historical moments of change in this evolution: the introduction of the deductive metho |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mathematics.
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Religion and science.
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Signs and symbols.
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mathematics.
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applied mathematics.
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symbols.
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Mathematics.
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Religion and science.
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Signs and symbols.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781599473864 |
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1599473860 |
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9786613282415 |
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6613282413 |
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1283282410 |
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9781283282413 |
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