From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/7605 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Johannes Huebschmann Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: Categories in developmental psychology! Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:01:33 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Johannes Huebschmann NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1360936169 27878 80.91.229.3 (15 Feb 2013 13:49:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:49:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Categories list To: Jamie Vicary Original-X-From: majordomo@mlist.mta.ca Fri Feb 15 14:49:49 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 1U6Lfg-0003jg-Mg for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:49:48 +0100 Original-Received: from mlist.mta.ca ([138.73.1.63]:59711) by smtp3.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1U6Ldv-0007EU-8D; Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:47:59 -0400 Original-Received: from majordomo by mlist.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U6Ldu-00017b-57 for categories-list@mlist.mta.ca; Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:47:58 -0400 Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:7605 Archived-At: I guess these observations should be interpreted with circumspection, in the light of Lacan's usage of topological notions in psychoanalysis, see e.g. Sokal-Bricmont, Impostures intellectuelles p. 55. The term category goes back to Aristotle; the word (kategoria) in inself is older but it seems Aristotle attributed to it the kind of meaning we are talking about here. The term functor derives from the latin verb fungi (deponens). It seems Eilenberg-Mac Lane learnt the term functor from Carnap. Best Johannes On Tue, 12 Feb 2013, Jamie Vicary wrote: > 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/ ] > [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]