Re: [Fwd: Apparently not a spoof...]

From: Bruno Marchal <marchal.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 11:03:49 +0200

Hmmmmm....

I think it is preferable to introduce a few math in a theology course
(which can be done by making some precise hypotheses like comp or
lobianity) than to introduce theology in math. They are naming and
invoking the unnameable! I know it is not always easy to motivate
people for math, but here they take the risk of making a bit ridiculous
both math and theology, imo.
Also, if we are machine (or just lobian), we can indeed contemplate the
consistency of *little part* of math, but certainly not the consistency
of the whole of math, still less the consistency of the whole of
creation. About that it is better to hope, guess or pray, in some
personal way, without making too much fuss about it (before it gets
institutionalized and thus automatically betrayed).

Bruno



Le 08-août-07, à 21:06, Brent Meeker a écrit :

>
> Here's a school that's ahead of Bruno in taking consistency to be part
> of theology. :-)
>
> http://chfbs.org/high_school/high_sch_math.htm
>
>
> Brent Meeker
>
>
> >
>
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/


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