Abstract
"What is Category Theory?", third volume of the series "Advanced Studies in Mathematics and Logic", collects contributions written by some of the most representative working scientists in this field of research: John L. Bell, Scott Carter, Bob Coecke, David Corfield, Costas A. Drossos, David Ellerman, Solomon Feferman, Ralf Krömer, Jean-Pierre Marquis, Ronald Brown, Tim Porter, Vidhyānāth K. Rao. This publication aims to propose new trends and perspectives through which to analyse the past, the present and the future of Category Theory.

Information
Type: Collection
Language(s): English
Year: 2006
Project: Advanced Studies in Mathematics and Logic
Number of page(s): 290
Code: ISBN 978-88-7699-031-1

Book Sections
Bell, John L. (2006) Abstract and Variable Sets in Category Theory. In: What is Category Theory? Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 9-16.

Carter, J. Scott (2006) Categories for Knotted Curves, Surfaces and Quandles. In: What is Category Theory? Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 17-44.

Coecke, Bob (2006) Introducing Categories to the Practicing Physicist. In: What is Category Theory? Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 45-74.

Corfield, David (2006) Some Implications of the Adoption of Category Theory for Philosophy. In: What is Category Theory? Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 75-93.

Drossos, Costas A. (2006) Sets, Categories and Structuralism. In: What is Category Theory? Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 95-126.

Ellerman, David (2006) A Theory of Adjoint Functors - with some Thoughts about their Philosophical Significance. In: What is Category Theory? Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 127-183.

Feferman, Solomon (2006) Enriched Stratified Systems for the Foundations of Category Theory. In: What is Category Theory? Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 185-203.

Krömer, Ralf (2006) Category Theory, Pragmatism and Operations Universal in Mathematics. In: What is Category Theory? Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 205-220.

Marquis, Jean-Pierre (2006) What is Category Theory? In: What is Category Theory? Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 221-255.

Brown, Ronald and Porter, Tim (2006) Category Theory: an abstract setting for analogy and comparison. In: What is Category Theory? Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 257-274.

Rao, Vidhyānāth K. (2006) On Doing Category Theory within Set Theoretic Foundations. In: What is Category Theory? Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 275-290.