Timeline for Is the notion of a 2-category introduced to fix/forget the size issues in the definition of (an ordinary) category?
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| Mar 14, 2021 at 20:34 | comment | added | Alec Rhea | @PraphullaKoushik My pleasure, I enjoy having an excuse to go on about these things... :) | |
| Mar 14, 2021 at 19:15 | comment | added | Praphulla Koushik | I did not mean you mean I do not understand $2$-categories. I was casually saying that.. :) Thanks for your time and answer.. | |
| Mar 14, 2021 at 19:06 | comment | added | Alec Rhea | @PraphullaKoushik Perhaps more importantly, I meant to show how each 'next step' into abstraction is canonically suggested by the current step, all the way up the abstraction ladder. Things get a little hairier trying to get your teeth into infinity-categories using this type of intuition, but it works well for finite higher categories. | |
| Mar 14, 2021 at 18:59 | comment | added | Alec Rhea | @PraphullaKoushik I wasn't trying to imply you didn't understand $2$-categories, apologies if it came off that way; I was just trying to illustrate how they can be seen as a natural 'step up' in the categorical abstraction ladder, and how they suggest the existence of a 'next step', and this 'next step' itself suggests the existence of a step after that, etc. | |
| Mar 14, 2021 at 18:54 | history | edited | Alec Rhea | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 14, 2021 at 18:18 | comment | added | Praphulla Koushik | +1... I know (and to some extent understand) the notion of $2$-category... Thanks for your answer... I do not have anything specific to say. I will read one more time and write if I have anything specific.. | |
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| Mar 14, 2021 at 11:10 | history | answered | Alec Rhea | CC BY-SA 4.0 |