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Hilary Putman Quick Information
Hilary Putman was born in Chicago, IL on 31 July 1916. His father and mother were named Samuel and Riva Putman and he did not have any siblings. He went to college at University of Pennsylvania for mathematics and philosophy. Then continued his education at Harvard University and University of California and received his Ph.D in philosophy. He taught philosophy Northwestern University, Princeton University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard University. -
Hilary Putman Contribution to Philosophy
Hilary Putman was known for many contributions in the science and philosophy world. His most well know contribution in philosophy was in the 1960’s when he published several papers that hypothesized multiple realizability. -
Multiple Realizability
Multiple Realizations is that a single kind (property, state, event) can be realized by many distinct physical kinds (Bickle, John). -
Example of Multiple Realizations
An often example of this pain. I think another good example that is the opposite is happiness. Happiness is a single state of mind but can come from many physical kinds. Some examples are like watching a loved one get married, favorite sports team winning a game, spiritual happiness, etc. -
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Works Cited
Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (2023, March 1). Hilary Putnam. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved March 8, 2023, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hilary-Putnam Bickle, John, "Multiple Realizability", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2020/entries/multiple-realizability/.
