Rodin, Andrei (2009) Categories without structures. [Preprint]

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The popular view according to which Category theory provides a support for Mathematical Structuralism is erroneous. Category-theoretic foundations of mathematics require a different philosophy of mathematics. While structural mathematics studies “invariant forms” (Awodey) categorical mathematics studies covariant transformations which, generally, don’t have any invariants. In this paper I develop a non-structuralist interpretation of categorical mathematics and show its consequences for history of mathematics and mathematics education.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Rodin, Andrei
Keywords:	structuralism, structure, category, faoundations
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Mathematics
Depositing User:	Dr. Andrei Rodin
Date Deposited:	30 Jul 2009
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:18
Item ID:	4788
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Mathematics
Date:	July 2009
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4788

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