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Jon Awbrey

Survey of Precursors Of Category Theory • 4
inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/08

A few years ago I began a sketch on the “Precursors of Category Theory”, tracing the continuities of the category concept from Aristotle, to Kant and Peirce, through Hilbert and Ackermann, to contemporary mathematical practice. A Survey of resources on the topic is given below, still very rough and incomplete, but perhaps a few will find it of use.

Background —

Precursors Of Category Theory
oeis.org/wiki/Precursors_Of_Ca

Propositions As Types Analogy
oeis.org/wiki/Propositions_As_

Blog Series —

Notes On Categories
inquiryintoinquiry.com/2013/02

Precursors Of Category Theory
1. inquiryintoinquiry.com/2013/12
2. inquiryintoinquiry.com/2013/12
3. inquiryintoinquiry.com/2014/01

Precursors Of Category Theory • Discussion
1. inquiryintoinquiry.com/2020/09
2. inquiryintoinquiry.com/2020/09
3. inquiryintoinquiry.com/2020/09

Categories à la Peirce —

C.S. Peirce • A Guess at the Riddle
inquiryintoinquiry.com/2012/03

Peirce's Categories
1. inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/10
2. inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/10
3. inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/11
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19. inquiryintoinquiry.com/2020/05
20. inquiryintoinquiry.com/2020/05
21. inquiryintoinquiry.com/2020/06