Gods and Numbers
Document Type
Panel Presentation
Start Date
18-4-2019 9:15 AM
End Date
18-4-2019 10:30 AM
Keywords
Religion, Mathematics, Numbers
Biography
Mike Waldeck Jr is an undergraduate at Marshall University.
Major
Philosophy, Mathematics, and Spanish
Advisor for this project
Dr. Jeffrey Ruff
Abstract
In every culture, religion is not practiced in isolation from the occupations and ideas practiced by its people. Similarly, ideas and occupations are necessarily influenced by the religions of the people in those societies. This is especially true with mathematics, since mathematics is a practice that builds upon and applies foundational ideas. In this essay, we will explore some of the foundational ideas present in the Sumerian and Greek number systems in an attempt to understand the relationship between a society’s foundational ideas and its metaphysics and theology.
Gods and Numbers
In every culture, religion is not practiced in isolation from the occupations and ideas practiced by its people. Similarly, ideas and occupations are necessarily influenced by the religions of the people in those societies. This is especially true with mathematics, since mathematics is a practice that builds upon and applies foundational ideas. In this essay, we will explore some of the foundational ideas present in the Sumerian and Greek number systems in an attempt to understand the relationship between a society’s foundational ideas and its metaphysics and theology.
