Mathematics and God
There have been made connections between mathematics and the existence of God, including their use as an argument for the existence of God and as an application of the decision theory to the belief in God.
Mathematics as an argument for the existence of God
In the 1070s, Anselm of Canterbury, an Italian medieval philosopher and theologian, created an ontological argument which sought to use logic to prove the existence of God.[1] A more elaborate version was given by Gottfried Leibniz in the early eighteenth century.[1] Kurt Gödel created a formalization of Leibniz' version, known as Gödel's ontological proof.[1]
A more recent argument was made by Stephen D. Unwin in 2003, who suggested to use a formula for Bayesian probability to estimate the probability of God's existence.[2]
See also
Further reading
- Unwin, Stephen D. (September 2003). The Probability of God. New York: Crown Forum. p. 272. ISBN 978-1-4000-9754-8.
References
- ^ a b c "Ontological arguments". plato.stanford.edu. 2007-02-15. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ^ Unwin, Stephen (2003). "Doing the math with God". plato.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
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