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Category Theory arose as a metalanguage for mathematics, and has shown great elegance and power in that role. From this position it has made and continues to make important contributions to General Systems Methodology, as witness certain papers at this Conference.
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Bandler, W. (1978). Some Esomathematical Uses of Category Theory. In: Klir, G.J. (eds) Applied General Systems Research. NATO Conference Series, vol 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0555-3_17
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