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Harvard professor of mathematics and biology Martin Nowak focused on math as a path to God during a presentation at the 2025 annual conference of the Society of Catholic Scientists in Washington, D.C.
During a June 8 lecture titled “Does Mathematics Lead Us to God?” Nowak said that among other things, math can be viewed as “an argument for the existence of God.”
Referencing St. Augustine, Nowak said math is like “an intelligible object.”
“We judge mathematics in truth by a criterion that is within us. That is, of course, the doctrine of divine illumination. So Augustine says, ‘This is possible because God is the teacher of the soul.’”
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During a June 8 lecture titled “Does Mathematics Lead Us to God?” Nowak said that among other things, math can be viewed as “an argument for the existence of God.”
Referencing St. Augustine, Nowak said math is like “an intelligible object.”
“We judge mathematics in truth by a criterion that is within us. That is, of course, the doctrine of divine illumination. So Augustine says, ‘This is possible because God is the teacher of the soul.’”
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‘Math as path to God’ a hot topic at Society of Catholic Scientists conference
Harvard professor Martin Nowak focused on math as a path to God during a presentation at the 2025 annual conference of the Society of Catholic Scientists.
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