Survey of Precursors Of Category Theory • 1

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Jon Awbrey

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

Wiki Notes

Blog Posts

  • Notes On Categories • (1)
  • Precursors Of Category Theory • (1) • (2) • (3)

Categories à la Peirce

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