Category theory MOC

Category of categories

A category of categories is a category 𝖢 such that any two objects 𝖠,𝖡 Ob𝖢 are categories and the morphisms 𝖠 𝖡 are exactly the functors 𝖠 𝖡. #m/def/cat/evil

Note that in general, equality of functors is ill-defined unless we have equality of objects. Therefore categories of categories are usually restricted to strict categories, see e.g. 𝖢𝖺𝗍. More general categories (without equality of objects) assemble into bicategories, see e.g. 𝔞𝔱

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