From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/3208 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jim stasheff Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: re: WHY ...CONCERNED? III Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 10:01:48 -0500 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241019157 7707 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:32:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:32:37 +0000 (UTC) To: categories@mta.ca Original-X-From: rrosebru@mta.ca Sat Apr 1 19:20:15 2006 -0400 Return-path: Envelope-to: categories-list@mta.ca Delivery-date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 19:20:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.52) id 1FPpMw-0001tF-1j for categories-list@mta.ca; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 19:18:58 -0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) Original-Sender: cat-dist@mta.ca Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 4 Original-Lines: 19 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:3208 Archived-At: Who is so preoccupied? Folks I know usually use category theory without worrying about size jim F W Lawvere wrote: > WHY ARE WE CONCERNED? III > > The second main misconception about category theory > > Part of the perception that category theory is "foundations" (in the > pejorative sense of being remote from applications and development) is due > to a preoccupation with huge size. Since such perceptions hold back the > learning of category theory, and hence facilitate its misuse as a > mystifying shield, they are among our concerns. We need to deal with the > size preoccupation head on. > [...quotation omitted by moderator...]