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hoping1 | 1 year ago
Both category theory and set theory use sets. But set theory tries to make absolutely everything into a set. It takes on a little complexity in this quest, because of Russel's paradox. Category theory can be seen as studying set theory, among other things, so it is "bigger" or more all-encompassing than set theory. Many things studied in category theory aren't possibly sets.
Set theory is more immediately intuitive, but category theory organizes things in a way that are ultimately more insightful, I think. Meaning that once you can get into the category theory headspace and learn to navigate it, it becomes a much better environment for thinking without mistakes. In my personal opinion.
Koshkin|1 year ago
hoping1|1 year ago