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Let's look at Wikipedia's definition. > Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world that enco
by mbrock 10y ago
Let's look at Wikipedia's definition.
> Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world that encompasses it. Metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in the broadest possible terms:
> Ultimately, what is there? What is it like?
Does category theory have anything to do with that? No.
- AnimalMuppet 10y ago> > Ultimately, what is there? What is it like? > Does category theory have anything to do with that? No. I could argue that category theory is claiming to answer those questions for mathematics. (So is the axiomatization based on set theory.)
- mbrock 10y agoMaybe some mathematicians think like that, but many don't.