Constructivism: The Relation Between Mathematics And Christianity

Are Mathematics and Christianity related at all? For some, mathematics is simply rules, laws, and axioms that are used to make sense of problems. For others mathematics is the language God used to create universe in its entirety. Either way, certain questions continue to puzzle mathematicians such as: are mathematics invented by human minds to unlock the many mysteries of the world, or are these mathematical truths embedded in God’s nature and henceforth used in the creation of the world? Throughout history many theories about the nature of mathematics have been discovered and discarded. This paper with explore the ontological status of mathematics from three distinct views, firstly the constructivist/social constructivist view which states …show more content…
Even though this is a popular view among many modern mathematicians, there are some facts this theory cannot entirely explain. Among mathematicians, there is little argument that mathematics is extremely effective in providing an accurate explanation of the created world this being the case, it is also not surprising that mathematics has and will continue to be an integral part of so many scientific theories. This being said, the question needs to be asked If according to social constructivists, God and mathematics do not correlate, (dont know if this is the right word) how does mathematics play such a large role in unlocking many of the universes …show more content…
Firstly Hamming postulates that scientists decide ahead of time the type of mathematics that they believe will produce fruitful results in a given situation. Secondly, scientist look at the world through a mathematical lens, it is not at all surprising that they end up constructing effective mathematics to describe it. (Math through the eyes of faith) Hamming concurs that these two (reasons) are enough to suggest a divide between mathematics and science and therefore allowing mathematics to originate in the mind of mathematicians. However, Hamming 's thinking is not without holes, while his type of thinking definitely describes certain aspects of creation it is not widely accepted for describing the full spectrum of science phenomenas in creation. Since it is evident Hamming 's first two answers exhibit flaws in certain scientific occurrences, Hamming poses one final suggestion in which evolution provides an account for why humans are independently able to mathematize the physical universe. Hamming gives credit regarding humans ability to describe the effectiveness of mathematics sole darwin theory of natural selection, Hamming states “Considering the effects of evolution we are looking for via selection of small chance variations, It does not seem to me that evolution can explain more than a small part of the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics”. (Mathematics through the