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Categorical Logic and Type Theory

by Bart Jacobs · North Holland / Elsevier (Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics 141)

The reference volume once the correspondence in Lambek & Scott is understood: fibrations give one uniform machine for indexing logic over type contexts, which is what makes dependent and polymorphic type theory tractable categorically. Systematic survey organising the whole field around fibrations, covering simple, dependent, polymorphic and higher-order type theories alongside equational and first-order predicate logic. The author's page carries the full table of contents and a downloadable prospectus chapter.

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