Kyiv, Dobrovolchykh Battalioniv St. 10
OFFLINE
A lecture by Oleksandr Pustovit
Infinity: mathematics, theology, poetry, music, painting
Our epoch is a time of narrow professionalization: a professional must know everything about the object he or she is dealing with (SOMETHING). All the other knowledge available in the world usually does not receive the professional’s attention, and this causes numerous problems of our time, as Hegel noted: “The true is the whole. The whole is the truth of the parts.”
How does the infinity and synergy of the whole and the parts manifest themselves? What do mathematics, theology, poetry, music, and painting have in common? Is it possible to understand the world through the categories of infinity, the whole, and parts? Is there any sacred knowledge here?
Let’s try to answer these questions by turning to the category of INFINITY, one of the most meaningful philosophical categories of European culture.
MENTOR
Oleksandr Pustovit
Cultural scholar, musician, lecturer, PhD in Physics and Mathematics, winner of the All-Ukrainian Lecture Contest
STRUCTURE
- The phenomenon of the whole and the parts
- How categories are combined
- The category of infinity
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
- Is it possible to combine professional excellence (knowledge of SOMETHING) with a sufficient understanding of the WHOLE?
- How do seemingly extremely distant phenomena combine in a single picture of the world?
Participation in the meeting is
Kyiv, Dobrovolchykh Battalioniv St. 10