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decasteve on March 1, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Has philosophy ever clarified mathematics?

Bill Lawvere was heavily influenced by philosophy in his [revolutionary] contributions to the development of Category Theory [1][2].

[1] https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/William%20Lawvere#RelationToPh...

[2] http://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/9768/have-prof...

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