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God and mathematics

שו”תCategory: philosophyGod and mathematics
asked 2 years ago

We accept that God created everything, matter, natural laws, etc., and in fact, he could have created everything in a different way. Did he also determine that 1+1 = 2, or is this beyond him, that is, could he have created a world in which 1+1 = 3? Or is this simply reality and has nothing to do with him at all?


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מיכי Staff answered 2 years ago
The laws of mathematics are not laws in the same sense that the laws of physics or the laws of the state are laws. These are rules that are based on logical connections between concepts, and therefore no one created them and cannot deviate from them. I have discussed this in many places here on the site (search: laws of logic).

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השואל replied 2 years ago

So God is not omnipotent?

מיכי Staff replied 2 years ago

He is. I directed you to look.

מוישה אופניק replied 2 years ago

Rabbi, why can we accept the infinity of God, something that is not perceived by our minds that think in terms of cause and effect, but are not willing to accept that another logic is possible?
From our point of view, both infinity and another logic are not perceived, but that does not mean that it is not possible, but that it is perceived by us as Null (say).
Is there a reason to talk about it? No, it is a illogical sentence like asking what the color red smells like, but ruling out the possibility is not the same as Null. No? Where am I wrong?

מיכי Staff replied 2 years ago

What is the connection between cause and effect? We can think about things we are not familiar with. We can easily think about things without a reason (although there probably aren't any, but it's no problem to think about it). The laws of logic are of a different nature. I referred you above to a search on the subject.
See for example here:
https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=f18e4f052adde49eb&q=https://mikyab.net/%25D7%259B%25D7%25AA%25D7%2591%25D7%2599%25D7%259D /%25D7%259E%25D7%2590%25D7%259E%25D7%25A8%25D7%2599%25D7%259D/%25D7%25A2%25D7%259 C-%25D7%25AA%25D7%2595%25D7%25A8%25D7%25AA-%25D7%2594%25D7%25A7%25D7%2595%25D7%259 5%25D7%25A0%25D7%2598%25D7%2599%25D7%259D-%25D7%2595%25D7%2598%25D7%25A2%25D7%25A 0%25D7%2595%25D7%25AA-%25D7%2590%25D7%259E%25D7%2595%25D7%25A0%25D7%2595%25D7%25AA -%25D7%25A1%25D7%25AA%25D7%2599%25D7%25A8%25D7%25AA%25D7%2599/&sa=U&ved =2ahUKEwinruf53tODAxXcTaQEHWieAYoQFnoECAEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1N0r7zmkl43jjQ3PTWhziY

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