From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/7601 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jamie Vicary Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Categories in developmental psychology! Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:12:54 +0000 Message-ID: Reply-To: Jamie Vicary NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1360793578 16517 80.91.229.3 (13 Feb 2013 22:12:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:12:58 +0000 (UTC) To: Categories list Original-X-From: majordomo@mlist.mta.ca Wed Feb 13 23:13:18 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from smtp3.mta.ca ([138.73.1.32]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1U5kZp-0001s4-VX for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:13:18 +0100 Original-Received: from mlist.mta.ca ([138.73.1.63]:56998) by smtp3.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1U5kXS-0006sy-68; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:10:50 -0400 Original-Received: from majordomo by mlist.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U5kXR-0007tc-RO for categories-list@mlist.mta.ca; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:10:49 -0400 Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:7601 Archived-At: Dear all, I recently came across an intriguing volume entitled "Morphisms and Categories: Comparing and Transforming". The lead author is Piaget, one of the foremost names in developmental psychology, who died in 1980. The volume is a collection of papers, many of which seem to enthusiastically apply ideas of category theory to developmental psychology. I haven't seen the book itself, but this link lets you read the full introduction and the first page of each chapter: http://www.questia.com/library/6364330/morphisms-and-categories-comparing-and-transforming Reading the introduction, it's clear that Piaget took very seriously the idea that category theory could provide a formal foundation for psychology. Does this perspective survive in the modern psychology literature? Does anybody know how Piaget came to be acquainted with these categorical ideas in the first place? Is there anything here that could be of interest to modern category theorists? Best wishes, Jamie. [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]