1 h 58 min
Seminar, Hosted by Asia Pacific Consciousness Network
3 Reasons Why You Should Care About Category Theory
Prof Hayato Saigo
Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology
- Mathematics, Consciousness and
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Abstract
Category theory is a branch of mathematics which have been used to organize various regions of mathematics and related sciences from a radical “relation-first” point of view. Why consciousness researchers should care about category theory? " "There are (at least) 3 reasons:" "1 Everything is relational" "2 Everything is relation" "3 Relation is everything" "In this talk we explain the reasons above more concretely and introduce the ideas to utilize basic concepts in category theory for consciousness studies.