Categories for the working philosopher / Elaine Landry.
2018
B29
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Title
Categories for the working philosopher / Elaine Landry.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191811593 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
B29
Dewey Decimal Classification
100
Summary
Often people have wondered why there is no introductory text on category theory aimed at philosophers working in related areas. The answer is simple: what makes categories interesting and significant is their specific use for specific purposes. These uses and purposes, however, vary over many areas, both 'pure', e.g., mathematical, foundational and logical, and 'applied', e.g., applied to physics, biology and the nature and structure of mathematical models. Borrowing from the title of Saunders Mac Lane's seminal work 'Categories for the Working Mathematician', this book aims to bring the concepts of category theory to philosophers working in areas ranging from mathematics to proof theory to computer science to ontology, from physics to biology to cognition, from mathematical modelling to the structure of scientific theories to the structure of the world.
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Often people have wondered why there is no introductory text on category theory aimed at philosophers working in related areas. The answer is simple: what makes categories interesting and significant is their specific use for specific purposes. These uses and purposes, however, vary over many areas, both 'pure', e.g., mathematical, foundational and logical, and 'applied', e.g., applied to physics, biology and the nature and structure of mathematical models. Borrowing from the title of Saunders Mac Lane's seminal work 'Categories for the Working Mathematician', this book aims to bring the concepts of category theory to philosophers working in areas ranging from mathematics to proof theory to computer science to ontology, from physics to biology to cognition, from mathematical modelling to the structure of scientific theories to the structure of the world.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 8, 2017).
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Print version: 9780198748991
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