Identity and Categorification

In this paper I consider the standard approach to identity in mathematics originating from Frege’s and Russell’s works and contrast it with alternative approaches due to Plato and Geach. Then I put the problem in a category-theoretic setting and show that the notion of identity cannot be “internaliz...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Andrei Rodin
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Éditions Kimé 2007-11-01
Series:Philosophia Scientiæ
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/philosophiascientiae/333