What Number Is God?: Metaphors, Metaphysics, Metamathematics, and the Nature of Things (Suny Series in Western Esoteric Traditio,Used
What Number Is God?: Metaphors, Metaphysics, Metamathematics, and the Nature of Things (Suny Series in Western Esoteric Traditio,Used
What Number Is God?: Metaphors, Metaphysics, Metamathematics, and the Nature of Things (Suny Series in Western Esoteric Traditio,Used

What Number Is God?: Metaphors, Metaphysics, Metamathematics, and the Nature of Things (Suny Series in Western Esoteric Traditio,Used

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This book uses modern mathematical metaphors to better understand religion and philosophy."Voss's work is probing, suggestive, easy to read. She's done masterful work of bringing together disparate fieldsa nice blend of science, philosophy, and religion. It shows extremely good use of a widerange of significant sources. Original. Sincere." A. Pav, Eckerd College"The focus on science and religion alone would place this book into an arena of perennially significant works. The focus on mathematics, so widely misunderstood by both the initiated and the uninitiated, makes it all the more significant. The author also addresses the problem of metaphor in science, a topic of great concern in both literary theory circles and in the field of science and technology studies." Sal Restivo, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteThis book uses modern mathematical metaphors to better understand religion and philosophy.The ancient Greeks held that "number rules the universe" and that "God ever geometrizes." Here author Sarah Voss explores the historical connection between mathematics and religion in her provocative book, What Number Is God? Citing many examples, she shows that humankind has long used mathematics metaphorically to understand and make sense of life's most fundamental questions.As Voss shows, contemporary society also uses metaphors of mathematics to investigate such issues, though in a fashion that is frequently overlooked or denied. The intentional use of contemporary mathematical ideas as metaphors for metaphysical notions can have a dramatic impact on modern society, in part by providing new symbols to replace old religious language which has lost its power to excite.

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