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Kent Palmer (Mar 25 2024 at 08:00):I am not a Category Theorist, nor a mathematician, but a philosopher interested in Category Theory. I have written a paper relating the Yoneda Lemma to the structure of Existence and Being within the Western worldview. Audacious I know. Anyway I thought someone here might be interested in the attempt to apply a central concept in Category Theory to Western philosophy in a significant way. Whether successful or not it is an attempt to place Category Theory at the center of things, as organizing the worldview, even if that is hard to believe. See https://www.academia.edu/115745588/Existence_Mathematics_Being Let me know what I got wrong. As a speculative philosopher leaping to conclusions I am happy to find I am wrong and get corrected especially about the niceties of Category Theory which I am still trying to learn.
Morgan Rogers (he/him) (Mar 25 2024 at 09:48):We have had some dubious attempts posted here in this direction before now. Your humility in presenting this is frankly refreshing (and reflective of the attitude I see in my philosopher colleagues), so I look forward to reading what you have to say in the near future.
Matteo Capucci (he/him) (Mar 25 2024 at 12:15):If you could share your paper in such a way I don't have to register to a service to read it I would be more inclined to do so :)
Matteo Capucci (he/him) (Mar 25 2024 at 12:15):In the meantime, in this post I present some common pitfalls in engaging with Yoneda philosophically: https://matteocapucci.wordpress.com/2023/07/15/no-the-yoneda-lemma-doesnt-solve-the-problem-of-qualia/
Julius Hamilton (Apr 01 2024 at 11:28):This is definitely a topic I would like to learn more about, I’ll try to read your post and respond when I can.