Between Theology and Mathematics. Nicholas of Cusa’s Philosophy of Mathematics

The paper is devoted to the philosophical and theological as well as mathematical ideas of Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464). He was a mathematician, but first of all a theologian. Connections between theology and philosophy on the one side and mathematics on the other were, for him, bilateral. In this p...

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Main Author: Murawski Roman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-03-01
Series:Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2016-0006
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description The paper is devoted to the philosophical and theological as well as mathematical ideas of Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464). He was a mathematician, but first of all a theologian. Connections between theology and philosophy on the one side and mathematics on the other were, for him, bilateral. In this paper we shall concentrate only on one side and try to show how some theological ideas were used by him to answer fundamental questions in the philosophy of mathematics.
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spelling doaj.art-0e28ca96e3524f74b8a15054917e7cb12022-12-21T22:37:22ZengSciendoStudies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric0860-150X2199-60592016-03-014419711010.1515/slgr-2016-0006slgr-2016-0006Between Theology and Mathematics. Nicholas of Cusa’s Philosophy of MathematicsMurawski Roman0Adam Mickiewicz UniversityThe paper is devoted to the philosophical and theological as well as mathematical ideas of Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464). He was a mathematician, but first of all a theologian. Connections between theology and philosophy on the one side and mathematics on the other were, for him, bilateral. In this paper we shall concentrate only on one side and try to show how some theological ideas were used by him to answer fundamental questions in the philosophy of mathematics.https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2016-0006
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