{"record_type":"pith_number_record","schema_url":"https://pith.science/schemas/pith-number/v1.json","pith_number":"pith:2014:7FS4RUMTIIAEHDE7GQ3JKCNVBJ","short_pith_number":"pith:7FS4RUMT","schema_version":"1.0","canonical_sha256":"f965c8d1934200438c9f34369509b50a4a692df357530113443cf8bc5568b378","source":{"kind":"arxiv","id":"1404.3049","version":1},"attestation_state":"computed","paper":{"title":"Categorical Generalization and Physical Structuralism","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["quant-ph"],"primary_cat":"physics.hist-ph","authors_text":"Nicholas J. Teh, Raymond Lal","submitted_at":"2014-04-11T09:33:30Z","abstract_excerpt":"Category theory has become central to certain aspects of theoretical physics. Bain [Synthese, 190:1621--1635 (2013)] has recently argued that this has significance for ontic structural realism. We argue against this claim. In so doing, we uncover two pervasive forms of category-theoretic generalization. We call these `generalization by duality' and `generalization by categorifying physical processes'. We describe in detail how these arise, and explain their significance using detailed examples. We show that their significance is two-fold: the articulation of high-level physical concepts, and t"},"verification_status":{"content_addressed":true,"pith_receipt":true,"author_attested":false,"weak_author_claims":0,"strong_author_claims":0,"externally_anchored":false,"storage_verified":false,"citation_signatures":0,"replication_records":0,"graph_snapshot":true,"references_resolved":false,"formal_links_present":false},"canonical_record":{"source":{"id":"1404.3049","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"metadata":{"license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","primary_cat":"physics.hist-ph","submitted_at":"2014-04-11T09:33:30Z","cross_cats_sorted":["quant-ph"],"title_canon_sha256":"059c45a1c872cefbd631cb8f5f8eb0535876320e3ce6071a8af467e2398f912e","abstract_canon_sha256":"60678a9599e9fdf11318cdb90bfbdff907088c3ec59345a43b1b448d486b9675"},"schema_version":"1.0"},"receipt":{"kind":"pith_receipt","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","algorithm":"ed25519","signed_at":"2026-05-18T02:54:22.613154Z","signature_b64":"SBhKZ0lWCXYwBtPiTYM2MbJm6zOdTj6yWz7yJsxIgCHsQL9wu0SDO6kQs7CiiSlQkFfU2fp3exBXZkBC4u3vBQ==","signed_message":"canonical_sha256_bytes","builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","receipt_version":"0.3","canonical_sha256":"f965c8d1934200438c9f34369509b50a4a692df357530113443cf8bc5568b378","last_reissued_at":"2026-05-18T02:54:22.612787Z","signature_status":"signed_v1","first_computed_at":"2026-05-18T02:54:22.612787Z","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54"},"graph_snapshot":{"paper":{"title":"Categorical Generalization and Physical Structuralism","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["quant-ph"],"primary_cat":"physics.hist-ph","authors_text":"Nicholas J. Teh, Raymond Lal","submitted_at":"2014-04-11T09:33:30Z","abstract_excerpt":"Category theory has become central to certain aspects of theoretical physics. Bain [Synthese, 190:1621--1635 (2013)] has recently argued that this has significance for ontic structural realism. We argue against this claim. In so doing, we uncover two pervasive forms of category-theoretic generalization. We call these `generalization by duality' and `generalization by categorifying physical processes'. We describe in detail how these arise, and explain their significance using detailed examples. We show that their significance is two-fold: the articulation of high-level physical concepts, and t"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1404.3049","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"},"aliases":[{"alias_kind":"arxiv","alias_value":"1404.3049","created_at":"2026-05-18T02:54:22.612845+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"arxiv_version","alias_value":"1404.3049v1","created_at":"2026-05-18T02:54:22.612845+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"doi","alias_value":"10.48550/arxiv.1404.3049","created_at":"2026-05-18T02:54:22.612845+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_12","alias_value":"7FS4RUMTIIAE","created_at":"2026-05-18T12:28:16.859392+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_16","alias_value":"7FS4RUMTIIAEHDE7","created_at":"2026-05-18T12:28:16.859392+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_8","alias_value":"7FS4RUMT","created_at":"2026-05-18T12:28:16.859392+00:00"}],"events":[],"event_summary":{},"paper_claims":[],"inbound_citations":{"count":0,"internal_anchor_count":0,"sample":[]},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"sample":[],"anchors":[]},"links":{"html":"https://pith.science/pith/7FS4RUMTIIAEHDE7GQ3JKCNVBJ","json":"https://pith.science/pith/7FS4RUMTIIAEHDE7GQ3JKCNVBJ.json","graph_json":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/7FS4RUMTIIAEHDE7GQ3JKCNVBJ/graph.json","events_json":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/7FS4RUMTIIAEHDE7GQ3JKCNVBJ/events.json","paper":"https://pith.science/paper/7FS4RUMT"},"agent_actions":{"view_html":"https://pith.science/pith/7FS4RUMTIIAEHDE7GQ3JKCNVBJ","download_json":"https://pith.science/pith/7FS4RUMTIIAEHDE7GQ3JKCNVBJ.json","view_paper":"https://pith.science/paper/7FS4RUMT","resolve_alias":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/resolve?arxiv=1404.3049&json=true","fetch_graph":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/7FS4RUMTIIAEHDE7GQ3JKCNVBJ/graph.json","fetch_events":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/7FS4RUMTIIAEHDE7GQ3JKCNVBJ/events.json","actions":{"anchor_timestamp":"https://pith.science/pith/7FS4RUMTIIAEHDE7GQ3JKCNVBJ/action/timestamp_anchor","attest_storage":"https://pith.science/pith/7FS4RUMTIIAEHDE7GQ3JKCNVBJ/action/storage_attestation","attest_author":"https://pith.science/pith/7FS4RUMTIIAEHDE7GQ3JKCNVBJ/action/author_attestation","sign_citation":"https://pith.science/pith/7FS4RUMTIIAEHDE7GQ3JKCNVBJ/action/citation_signature","submit_replication":"https://pith.science/pith/7FS4RUMTIIAEHDE7GQ3JKCNVBJ/action/replication_record"}},"created_at":"2026-05-18T02:54:22.612845+00:00","updated_at":"2026-05-18T02:54:22.612845+00:00"}