Ebook: From a Geometrical Point of View: A Study of the History and Philosophy of Category Theory
Author: Jean-Pierre Marquis
- Series: Logic Epistemology and the Unity of Science 14
- Year: 2009
- Publisher: Springer
- City: Dordrecht ; London
- Language: English
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Explores historical and philosophical aspects of category theory, trying there with to expose its significance in the mathematical landscape. This book offers a conceptual perspective on category theory and categorical logic. It is suitable for mathematicians, logicians, historians of contemporary mathematics, physicists and computer scientists.