The concept of the divine eternal present in the context of the mathematical non-standard analysis

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  • Jerzy Dadaczyński Katedra Filozofii Logiki UPJPII w Krakowie

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https://doi.org/10.15633/lie.167

Abstract

The paper presents, first, existing problems related to the concept of (divine) eternal present. In order to solve these problems, there is presented a mathematical tool of non-standard analysis as proposed by German mathematicians C. Schmieden and D. Laugwitz. Time of created world is identified with the line of real numbers. The “place” of real number zero is filled with an infinite set of infinitely small numbers. This set is identified with God’s time. Then it is possible so to define the relationship of simultaneity that it is non-transitive, which eliminates the paradoxes associated with the concept of (God’s) eternal present. It appears, that by using the tools of non-standard analysis the issue of divine eternal present makes sense.

Author Biography

  • Jerzy Dadaczyński, Katedra Filozofii Logiki UPJPII w Krakowie

    ks. Jerzy Dadaczyński – doktor habilitowany nauk humanistycznych w zakresie filozofii, kierownik katedry Filozofii Logiki UPJPII w Krakowie. Specjalizuje się w historii filozofii matematyki. Autor książek (m.in.): Filozofia matematyki w ujęciu historycznym, Kraków 2000; Bernard Bolzano i idea logicyzmu, Kraków 2006.

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2013-09-09

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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2013)

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