Denis Chevalier
Visual and Sound Artist, Writer, Staff Engineer
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Today, I Wrote a Book
In the realm of literary creation, there are moments that define an author’s journey. Moments when words flow like a river, when ideas spark like constellations in the night sky, and when the universe seems to conspire in favor of creation. And then, there are days like yesterday, when the culmination of countless thoughts, sleepless…
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The Philosophy of Monads: From Leibniz to Lambda Calculus
“The present is big with the future…” Gottfried Leibniz – Principes de la nature et de la grâce This was written by the philosopher and polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in the 17th century. While he was not directly pondering the future of computing, his conceptual groundwork certainly appears prophetic when we consider the notion of “monads” in…
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Introduction to Monads
Definition All told, a monad in X is just a monoid in the category of endofunctors of X, with product × replaced by composition of endofunctors and unit set by the identity endofunctor. Categories for the Working Mathematician Or simplified: A monad is just a monoid in the category of endofunctors Anonymous The second phrase…
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Welcome to The Thought Space: Bridging Philosophy and Technology
Greetings and welcome to my digital alcove! My name is Denis Chevalier, and I’m thrilled to inaugurate this blog by exploring a theme that has been at the epicenter of my professional and personal life—namely, the confluence of Philosophy and Technology. A Brief Introduction To initiate, allow me to contextualize myself. With 15+ years of…
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