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On Internal Structure, Categorical Structure, and Representation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2022

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Neil Dewar*
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Abstract

If categorical equivalence is a good criterion of theoretical equivalence, then it would seem that if some class of mathematical structures is represented as a category, then any other class of structures categorically equivalent to it will have the same representational capacities. Hudetz (2019a) has presented an apparent counterexample to this claim; in this note, I argue that the counterexample fails.

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Discussion Note
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 90 , Issue 1 , January 2023 , pp. 188 - 195
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Philosophy of Science Association

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