Dear Jean, I'm not so sure of the answer for general category theory, but Topos Theory is undoubtedly a religion. At a monastery in Meteora, the monks have erected a sign saying "O topos einai ieros", i.e. "The topos is holy". And as Psalm 126 says, "He shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him." Best wishes, Steve Vickers. On 12 Sep 2010, at 13:38, JeanBenabou wrote:
Dear all,
Although I'm not a very "religious" person, I respect all religions, and I also deeply respect, of course, Category Theory. I hope someone will answer the following question:
Is Category Theory a religion?
As far as I know, it is the only part of mathematics (or of many other sciences) where words such as "dogma", "doctrine" (let alone hyper ones) are used. Recently a few other words with the same religious connotation have been added. The most frequent one being "evil"
Maybe my english isn't so "beautiful", but in all cases where "evil" has been used, what is wrong with "wrong" instead?
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