Comments on: Counting, Infinity, and the Foundation of Knowledge http://takingeverythoughtcaptive.com/2010/01/14/counting-infinity-and-the-foundation-of-knowledge/ A website dedicated to thinking God's thoughts after Him. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:25:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Taking Every Thought Captive http://takingeverythoughtcaptive.com/2010/01/14/counting-infinity-and-the-foundation-of-knowledge/#comment-335 Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:01:26 +0000 http://takingeverythoughtcaptive.com/?p=252#comment-335 Thanks for commenting. I think a more fundamental question is why can we describe things we seen in the physical universe in terms of mathematics? Why is there this apparent “coherence”? What we are really trying to get it are the metaphysical and epistemelogical issues. How can an unbelieving worldview account for the coherence between math and the universe? This is discussed somewhat here:
http://takingeverythoughtcaptive.com/bible-and-science/

I would like to discuss this more with you if you are interested.

]]> By: John Baker http://takingeverythoughtcaptive.com/2010/01/14/counting-infinity-and-the-foundation-of-knowledge/#comment-325 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:31:17 +0000 http://takingeverythoughtcaptive.com/?p=252#comment-325 Oh for alleged hypothetical supreme being’s sake grow up! Nonbelievers can count, and account for, infinite sets by simply following the logic. Peano axioms require an unending sequence to remain contradiction free. As for the Platonic aspect of mathematics even great philosophers screw up. There are no compelling arguments for a platonic or spiritual mathematic world and no amount of pseudo mathematical drivel will provide one. As rather stupid short-lived animals we will never exhaust the consequences of any infinite mathematical theory no matter how well trod upon.

]]> By: Dustin Crider http://takingeverythoughtcaptive.com/2010/01/14/counting-infinity-and-the-foundation-of-knowledge/#comment-16 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:32:50 +0000 http://takingeverythoughtcaptive.com/?p=252#comment-16 Yes, James Nickel has done excellent work in showing the Biblical foundations of mathematics. Only the believer can truly “account for his counting.” Thanks for visiting the site and commenting.

]]> By: Gordon R. Vaughan http://takingeverythoughtcaptive.com/2010/01/14/counting-infinity-and-the-foundation-of-knowledge/#comment-15 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:48:34 +0000 http://takingeverythoughtcaptive.com/?p=252#comment-15 Good article & a great, simple example of how mathematics is full of spiritual concepts. Even the most basic math taps into profound truths, though it is still practical and useful for many things.

It’s silly to say man created mathematics. Maybe mathematicians think this because they consider math to consist mainly of just definitions that men concocted, but it seems quite obvious that mathematical truths have been discovered over the centuries!

To pretend otherwise is just silly. Considering how long it took just to come up with the concept of zero is a good example.

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