Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD: Person to object: Surely you're joking* ...!

Hodges' model is a conceptual framework to support reflection and critical thinking. Situated, the model can help integrate all disciplines (academic and professional). Amid news items, are posts that illustrate the scope and application of the model. A bibliography and A4 template are provided in the sidebar. Welcome to the QUAD ...

Friday, December 15, 2023

Person to object: Surely you're joking* ...!

 INDIVIDUAL
  |
     INTERPERSONAL    :     SCIENCES               
HUMANISTIC --------------------------------------  MECHANISTIC      
SOCIOLOGY  :   POLITICAL 
|
GROUP

identity

person

choice


identity

person, age

integer


people

father - mother

election

voting age
 


By @Eyesomorphic - https://www.youtube.com/@Eyesomorphic 

"A gentle introduction to the study of Category Theory and Abstract Algebra, done from the ground-up by exploring the mathematical weapon of abstraction. This video aims to give an overview of the fundamental tool at the forefront of pure mathematical research: abstraction. By seeing this tool in various contexts, and how it allows us to encounter Category Theory in a natural and intuitive manner, we'll see how beautiful the abstract can really be."

  ― Timestamps ― 
 0:00 - Intro 
1:49 - Abstraction and Algebra 
7:30 - Examples of Abstraction 
8:49 - Set Theory 
13:25 - Category Theory 
21:16 - Outro 
― Credits ―
All animation and voiceover created by Eyesomorphic. Background music: 'Abstraction', composed by Caleb Peppiatt.

― Further Reading ―
Category Theory for Programmers: The Preface, by Bartosz Milewski: https://bartoszmilewski.com/2014/10/28/category-theory-for-programmers-the-preface/

Category Theory for Computing Science, by Michael Barr & Charles Wells (Book)

 *Person to object - and back again - assuring and preserving the humanistic.