Freely adjoining monoidal duals

Given a monoidal category $\mathcal C$ with an object J, we construct a monoidal category $\mathcal C[{J^ \vee }]$ by freely adjoining a right dual ${J^ \vee }$ to J. We show that the canonical strong monoidal functor $\Omega :\mathcal C \to \mathcal C[{J^ \vee }]$ provides the unit for a biadjunction with the forgetful 2-functor from the 2-category of monoidal categories with a distinguished dual pair to the 2-category of monoidal categories with a distinguished object. We show that $\Omega :\mathcal C \to \mathcal C[{J^ \vee }]$ is fully faithful and provide coend formulas for homs of the form $\mathcal C[{J^ \vee }](U,\,\Omega A)$ and $\mathcal C[{J^ \vee }](\Omega A,U)$ for $A \in \mathcal C$ and $U \in \mathcal C[{J^ \vee }]$ . If ${\rm{N}}$ denotes the free strict monoidal category on a single generating object 1, then ${\rm{N[}}{{\rm{1}}^ \vee }{\rm{]}}$ is the free monoidal category Dpr containing a dual pair – ˧ + of objects. As we have the monoidal pseudopushout $\mathcal C[{J^ \vee }] \simeq {\rm{Dpr}}{{\rm{ + }}_{\rm{N}}}\mathcal C$ , it is of interest to have an explicit model of Dpr: we provide both geometric and combinatorial models. We show that the (algebraist’s) simplicial category Δ is a monoidal full subcategory of Dpr and explain the relationship with the free 2-category Adj containing an adjunction. We describe a generalization of Dpr which includes, for example, a combinatorial model Dseq for the free monoidal category containing a duality sequence X0 ˧ X1 ˧ X2 ˧ … of objects. Actually, Dpr is a monoidal full subcategory of Dseq.

Esquema da coisa (das Ding) de Husserl e a Esquizofrenia

The common sense relates reality as given. Phenomenology shows up reality is more differentiated than our given conscience presents. It is qualified Husserl's concept of reality in everyday clinics. Firstly it is resented the difference between psychic reality and material reality ( Wirklichkeit). It is also distinguished object and thing from thing sketch. Then on it is correlated data from schizophrenia and obsession neurosis. Clinical evidences and phenomenological analysis show thing sketch is not modified in obsession neurosis. But it is in schizophrenia. The hypothesis that thing sketch is corrupted in schizophrenia by language is analyzed. More on it is shown links with this hypothesis and perception and rhetorical production.

An object-oriented calculus with term constraints

Safety has become a fundamental requirement in all aspects of computer systems. Object-oriented calculi, such as Castagna's λ&-calculus and its variants (Castagna, 1997) ensure type safety in environments based on the distinguished object-oriented paradigm. Although for safety reasons object invariance and operation specifications are getting widely employed in all stages of the engineering process, they are not supported by these calculi. In this paper, a new calculus is presented which supports term (value) constraints besides the key object-oriented mechanisms (class types, inheritance, overloading with multiple dispatch and late binding). We also show how a type with constraints may realise a role, another useful object-oriented modelling element. The soundness of the type system and the confluence of the notion of reduction of the calculus are considered. The contribution also discusses computability issues partially arising from the use of first-order logic to formalise the constraints.