“. . . the membership relation for sets can often be replaced by the composition operation for functions. This leads to an alternative foundation for Mathematics upon categories -- specifically, on the category of all functions. Now much of Mathematics is dynamic, in that it deals with morphisms of an object into another object of the same kind. Such morphisms (like functions) form categories, and so the approach via categories fits well with the objective of organizing and understanding Mathematics. That, in truth, should be the goal of a proper philosophy of Mathematics.” ShouldWellsKindPhilosophyFormUnderstandingGoalDealsObjectsFitApproachFunctionRelationMathematicsFoundationObjectivesAlternativesOperationsCategoriesCompositionReplacedOften IsMembership Author:Saunders Mac Lane
“Genitive is a funny word because it means "from," but it also is the gender in European languages for objects: the masculine, feminine, and neuter. So if you have a genitive present, there's room for everybody to fit in. I just did a project in Vienna about rock, paper, scissor; you change the gender and it simply changes the whole thing. Rock is no longer a male. It doesn't function the same way.” IfsWayMeanWholeLanguageRoomsRocksObjectsFitPaperProjectsFunctionMalesGenderFeminineMasculineVienna Author:Lawrence Weiner
“Love is eternal -- the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning. The lamp was there and was a good lamp, but now it is shedding light too, and that is its real function. And love makes one calmer about many things, and that way, one is more fit for one's work.” WayLoveMayPersonsRealLightMotivationalDifferencesLove IsFitEternalAspectEssenceAnd LoveFunctionBurningLampsBefore And AfterCalmerShedding Light Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“At first glance, the key and the lock it fits may seem very different," Sazed said. "Different in shape, different in function, different in design. The man who looks at them without knowledge of their true nature might think them opposites, for one is meant to open, and the other to keep closed. Yet, upon closer examination he might see that without one, the other becomes useless. The wise man then sees that both lock and key were created for the same purpose.” ThinkingMenFirstsLooksMaySaidDifferentSeemsMightPurposeWiseDesignKeysFitShapesOppositesFunctionUselessLocksGlancesExaminationTrue NatureLock And Key Book:Mistborn Trilogy Source: Mistborn Trilogy
“Modern capitalism needs men who cooperate smoothly and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are standardized and can be easily influenced and anticipated. It needs men who feel free and independent, not subject to any authority or principle or conscience-- yet willing to be commanded, to do what is expected of them, to fit into the social machine without friction; who can be guided without force, led without leaders, prompted without aim-- except the one to make good, to be on the move, to function, to go ahead.” MenWantNeedsFeelsMovingForceSocialNumbersLeaderPrinciplesModernSubjectsWillingFitTasteAuthorityConscienceCapitalismMachinesFunctionAimIndependentExpectedLarge NumbersFrictionEasily Influenced Author:Erich Fromm
“After decades of faithful study, ecologists have begun to fathom hidden likenesses among many interwoven systems. ...a canon of nature's laws, strategies, and principles... Nature runs on sunlight. Nature uses only the energy it needs. Nature fits form to function. Nature recycles everything. Nature rewards cooperation. Nature banks on diversity. Nature demands local expertise. Nature curbs excesses from within. Nature taps the power of limits.” NeedsUseRunningFormLawEnergyNatureCommunityPrinciplesStudyFitDemandLimitsDiversityFunctionStrategyRewardsDecadesLocalsFaithfulCooperationExcessSunlightLaws Of NatureExpertiseRecyclingCurbFathomCanon Author:Janine Benyus
“Magic enables man to carry out with confidence his important tasks, to maintain his poise and his mental integrity in fits of anger, in the throes of hate, of unrequited love, of despair and anxiety. The function of magic is to ritualize man's optimism, to enhance his faith in the victory of hope over fear. Magic expresses the greater value for man of confidence over doubt, of steadfastness over vacillation, of optimism over pessimism.” MenMindImportantScienceValuesHateDoubtGreaterMagicVictoryFitIntegrityDespairAnxietyTasksOptimismFunctionPessimismUnrequited LoveUnrequitedPoiseSteadfastnessVacillation Author:Bronislaw Malinowski
“Web services fits into the original vision of the ASP model in that there are these functions out on the Internet and you can just go out there and rent them.” VisionInternetFitModelsFunctionOriginals Author:Eric A. Meyer