The Problem of Atheism in Light of a Discrete Mathematical Model of Natural Theology as Formal Axiology

Abstract

The object of investigation — the historical fact of puzzling and frightening correlation (a strong intertwinement) between the theoretic systems (and corresponding academic disciplines) called “Scientific Atheism” and “Scientific Communism”. Concerning the object of inquiry, the following nontrivial problem exists. Is the close connection between atheism and communism a contingent historical event? Or is the connection of the two such an eternal necessarily universal formal-axiological law, which is invariant in relation to any historical transformations? The subject-matter of investigation is a proper algebraic aspect of the indicated interdisciplinary scientific problem. The investigation target — creation (construction) of a discrete mathematical model of the subject-matter and deductively justified answer to the above-formulated nontrivial question (within the framework of a two-valued proper algebraic system of natural theology as formal axiology). The investigation methods are discrete mathematical modeling and the hypothetic-deductive method. Scientific novelty of the result of investigation: for the first time, at the intersection of theoretic systems of political economy and natural theology, it is strictly deductively demonstrated (by accurate “computing” compositions of relevant evaluation-functions) that the evaluation-functions “Atheism of (what, whose) x” and “Communism of (what, whose) x” are formally-axiologically equivalent ones. In the paper, these functions are precisely defined by evaluation-tables. A precise definition of the nontrivial binary relation of formal-axiological equivalence is provided as well. As the article presents all the exact definitions of notions necessary for adequate understanding and testing the novel scientific results, any interested reader has a possibility autonomously to examine all the algebraic equations making up the discrete mathematical model of the subject-matter under investigation. Since intentional construc­ting and systematic studying discrete mathematical models of grave problems arising at the intersection of natural theology and political economy have never been undertaken, the results are quite original.