Structure in Mathematics

DOI10.1093/PHILMAT/4.2.174MaRDI QIDQ3838272zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Saunders Mac Lane

Publication date 10 December 1998

Published in Philosophia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1093/philmat/4.2.174

zbMATH Keywords

mathematical structuralismphilosophy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Methodology of mathematics (00A35) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of category theory (18-03) Theories (e.g., algebraic theories), structure, and semantics (18C10)

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