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Towards a Categorical Foundation of Mathematics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2017

M. Makkai
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Department of Mathematics McGill University
Johann A. Makowsky
Affiliation:
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
Elena V. Ravve
Affiliation:
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
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Logic Colloquium '95 , pp. 153 - 190
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