“Reverse mathematics” is a field of formal logic with a slightly clever name (by mathematics standards at least): 99% of the time, mathematicians use axioms to prove theorems. Reverse mathematics “uses theorems to prove axioms,” by taking some weak base axiomatic system, picking a theorem, and then figuring out how much stronger you need to make the base system to prove the theorem.
This is problematic because it doesn’t describe how angels think; angels can grasp truth immediately and luminously without syllogisms or ratiocinations (summa theologiae prima pars, question 58). So for an angel, doing human mathematics would be "reverse mathematics", finding whether a truth is provable in a system accessible to mere mortals like ZFC. Changing the term to be less theosphobic would increase interest in the field as well as fighting the serious theophobia problem in society.
This is problematic because it doesn’t describe how angels think; angels can grasp truth immediately and luminously without syllogisms or ratiocinations (summa theologiae prima pars, question 58). So for an angel, doing human mathematics would be "reverse mathematics", finding whether a truth is provable in a system accessible to mere mortals like ZFC. Changing the term to be less theosphobic would increase interest in the field as well as fighting the serious theophobia problem in society.
