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1. • CommentRowNumber1.
   • CommentAuthorDavid_Corfield
   • CommentTimeMar 26th 2021
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   Author: David_Corfield
   Format: MarkdownItexFor a link. <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/John+Cartmell/1">v1</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/John+Cartmell">current</a>

   For a link.

   v1, current

2. • CommentRowNumber2.
   • CommentAuthorDavid_Corfield
   • CommentTimeJun 12th 2021
   • (edited Jun 12th 2021)
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   Author: David_Corfield
   Format: MarkdownItexAdded * [Entity Modelling website](http://www.entitymodelling.org/home/overview.html) Interestingly, he seems to get the point of [Hegel on the Absolute](http://www.entitymodelling.org/perspective/theabsolute.html), that a map to the unit type provides no bits of information. Perhaps $[0, X] \cong [Y, 1]$. <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/John+Cartmell/2">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/John+Cartmell/2">v2</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/John+Cartmell">current</a>

   Added

   • Entity Modelling website

   Interestingly, he seems to get the point of Hegel on the Absolute, that a map to the unit type provides no bits of information. Perhaps $[0, X] \cong [Y, 1]$.

   diff, v2, current

3. • CommentRowNumber3.
   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeJun 13th 2021
   • (edited Jun 13th 2021)
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexCompare "[[empty context]]" for the [[unit type]] when regarded as a [[context]]. I've tried to look around a little on that Entity Modelling website, but I don't have a clear picture yet what it's doing.

   Compare “empty context” for the unit type when regarded as a context.

   I’ve tried to look around a little on that Entity Modelling website, but I don’t have a clear picture yet what it’s doing.

4. • CommentRowNumber4.
   • CommentAuthorDavid_Corfield
   • CommentTimeJun 13th 2021
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   Author: David_Corfield
   Format: MarkdownItexIt seems Cartmell went off into industry after academic work on contextual categories that's become relevant for HoTT practitioners. This entity modelling seems to be about representing an everyday conceptualisation of the world.

   It seems Cartmell went off into industry after academic work on contextual categories that’s become relevant for HoTT practitioners. This entity modelling seems to be about representing an everyday conceptualisation of the world.

5. • CommentRowNumber5.
   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeJul 20th 2022
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexadded pointer to * [[John Cartmell]], *Generalised Algebraic Theories and Contextual Categories*, PhD thesis, Oxford University (1978) &lbrack;[pdf](https://ncatlab.org/nlab/files/Cartmell-Thesis.pdf)&rbrack; (however, I had to compress this pdf so much make it fit into the server's file size constraint that now the quality is rather bad) <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/John+Cartmell/3">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/John+Cartmell/3">v3</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/John+Cartmell">current</a>

   added pointer to

   • John Cartmell, Generalised Algebraic Theories and Contextual Categories, PhD thesis, Oxford University (1978) [pdf]

   (however, I had to compress this pdf so much make it fit into the server’s file size constraint that now the quality is rather bad)

   diff, v3, current

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   • CommentAuthorjonsterling
   • CommentTimeJul 21st 2022
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   Author: jonsterling
   Format: MarkdownItexInterestingly, I believe that for John, the entity modeling stuff is really part of a continuous/long-term line of interest that was present in his work on GATs.

   Interestingly, I believe that for John, the entity modeling stuff is really part of a continuous/long-term line of interest that was present in his work on GATs.