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In this paper we develope a categorical theory of relations and use this formulation to define the notion of quantization for relations. Categories of relations are defined in the context of symmetric monoidal categories. They are shown to…

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This paper introduces Relational Type Theory (RelTT), a new approach to type theory with extensionality principles, based on a relational semantics for types. The type constructs of the theory are those of System F plus relational…

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In this article, we propose a Category Theory approach to (syntactic) interoperability between linguistic tools. The resulting category consists of textual documents, including any linguistic annotations, NLP tools that analyze texts and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-06-17 Riccardo Del Gratta

Determinism is (roughly) the thesis that the past determines the future. But efforts to define it precisely have exposed deep methodological disagreements. Standard possible-worlds formulations of determinism presuppose an "agreement"…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2026-01-19 Hans Halvorson , JB Manchak , James Owen Weatherall

A type theory is presented that combines (intuitionistic) linear types with type dependency, thus properly generalising both intuitionistic dependent type theory and full linear logic. A syntax and complete categorical semantics are…

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Process theories combine a graphical language for compositional reasoning with an underlying categorical semantics. They have been successfully applied to fields such as quantum computation, natural language processing, linear dynamical…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-05-17 Dan Marsden , Fabrizio Genovese

We highlight the underlying category-theoretic structure of measures of information flow. We present an axiomatic framework in which communication systems are represented as morphisms, and information flow is characterized by its behavior…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2008-07-21 Benjamin Allen

We aim to counter the tendency for specialization in science by advancing a language that can facilitate the translation of ideas and methods between disparate contexts. The focus is on questions of "resource-theoretic nature". In a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-07 Tomáš Gonda

This paper explores relational syllogistic logics, a family of logical systems related to reasoning about relations in extensions of the classical syllogistic. These are all decidable logical systems. We prove completeness theorems and…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Alex Kruckman , Lawrence S. Moss

Categorization systems are widely studied in psychology, sociology, and organization theory as information-structuring devices which are critical to decision-making processes. In the present paper, we introduce a sound and complete…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-07-28 Willem Conradie , Sabine Frittella , Alessandra Palmigiano , Michele Piazzai , Apostolos Tzimoulis , Nachoem M. Wijnberg

We provide here a philosophical basis for [arXiv:2012.03994, arXiv:2107.06693] based on the notion of spacetime relationalism. We argue that the view which is more cleanly compatible with GR is that in which the spacetime manifold is a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-09-21 Alejandro Ascárate

Many formal languages of contemporary mathematical music theory -- particularly those employing category theory -- are powerful but cumbersome: ideas that are conceptually simple frequently require expression through elaborate categorical…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-05 Drew Flieder

Argumentation theory is a powerful paradigm that formalizes a type of commonsense reasoning that aims to simulate the human ability to resolve a specific problem in an intelligent manner. A classical argumentation process takes into account…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-03-06 Maximiliano C. D. Budán , Gerardo I. Simari , Ignacio Viglizzo , Guillermo R. Simari

An algebraic formalism for the study of interacting particle systems is developed. Particle processes are described in terms of the category theory. The problem for the unique description of these processes is discussed. Categories relevant…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Wladyslaw Marcinek

We present several philosophical ideas emerging from the studies of complex systems. We make a brief introduction to the basic concepts of complex systems, for then defining "abstraction levels". These are useful for representing…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 Carlos Gershenson

This article contributes to the debate of the meaning of relationalism and background independence, which has remained of interest in theoretical physics from Newton versus Leibniz through to foundational issues for today's leading…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-07-16 Edward Anderson

We first recall some basic notions on minimalist grammars and on categorial grammars. Next we shortly introduce partially commutative linear logic, and our representation of minimalist grammars within this categorial system, the so-called…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2010-12-15 Maxime Amblard , Alain Lecomte , Christian Retoré

We define an inference system to capture explanations based on causal statements, using an ontology in the form of an IS-A hierarchy. We first introduce a simple logical language which makes it possible to express that a fact causes another…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2010-05-02 Philippe Besnard , Marie-Odile Cordier , Yves Moinard

We present a new, category theoretic point of view on finite Ramsey theory. Our aims are as follows: -- to define the category theoretic notions needed for the development of finite Ramsey Theory, -- to state, in terms of these notions, the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-24 Sławomir Solecki

Category theory provides an alternative to Hilbert's Formal Axiomatic method and goes beyond Mathematical Structuralism

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Andrei Rodin