Re: Origin of the term "functor"

Saunders MacLane used to tell me that it was inspired by Kant. On 7/7/13 1:34 PM, Steve Stevenson wrote:

Wikipedia says that the word "functor" is borrowed from work by Carnap on linguistics. Is anyone aware of other roots of category theory that come from linguistics/semiotics?

-- D. E. (Steve) Stevenson, PhD, Emeritus Associate Professor, Clemson University "Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach," Aristotle.

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