Hilary putnam

Hilary Putman

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    Lifespan

    Hilary Putnam born July 31, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois. Died on March 16th, 2016.
    Reference:
    Ben-Menahem, Y. (201AD, December 21). Hilary Putnam. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hilary-Putnam.

  • Education

    Graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. Earning three degrees that include Philosophy, German, and Linguistics.

  • Education

    Earned his PhD from UCLA.
    Reference:
    Ben-Menahem, Y. (201AD, December 21). Hilary Putnam. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hilary-Putnam.
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    Professorship

    Instructed at Northwest University from 1951-1952.
    Reference:
    Ben-Menahem, Y. (201AD, December 21). Hilary Putnam. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hilary-Putnam.
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    Professorship

    Instructed at Princeton University from 1953-1961.
    Reference:
    Ben-Menahem, Y. (201AD, December 21). Hilary Putnam. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hilary-Putnam.

  • Diophantine Equations

    Per his work on the Diophantine equations, comes to the conclusion (and provides the basis for proof) that these equations are unsovable.
    Reference:
    Boruah, B. (2016, March 25). Hilary Putnam, the philosopher of science who didn't mind REFUTING HIMSELF. The Wire. https://thewire.in/science/hilary-putnam-the-philosopher-of-science-who-refuted-himself.
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    Professorship

    Instructed at M.I.T. from 1961-1965.
    Reference:
    Ben-Menahem, Y. (201AD, December 21). Hilary Putnam. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hilary-Putnam.
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    Professorship

    Instructed at Harvard from 1965-2000 until his retirement in 2000.
    Reference:
    Ben-Menahem, Y. (201AD, December 21). Hilary Putnam. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hilary-Putnam.

  • Twin Earth

    Putman's views on meaning or understanding of what terms describe was first written in 1973 with his publication, "Meaning and Reference" and then in 1975 in, "The Meaning of Meaning". He used the Twin Earth experiment to describe that the meaning of words that describe things would be the same across worlds that have the same mindsets.
    Reference:
    Boruah, B. (2016, March 25).

  • Metaphysical vs. Internal

    Rejects "metaphysical realism" and suggested "internal realism".
    Reference:
    Boruah, B. (2016, March 25). Hilary Putnam, the philosopher of science who didn't mind REFUTING HIMSELF. The Wire. https://thewire.in/science/hilary-putnam-the-philosopher-of-science-who-refuted-himself.

  • Science & Non-science

    This is a YouTube video of an interview with Hilary Putnam where he discusses the importance of not having such clear cut distinctions for science and viewing science from a philosophical stand point of possible "Truths and Falsifies" is beneficial.

  • Retirement

    Retires from Harvard as a Professor at the age of 74.
    Reference:
    Ben-Menahem, Y. (201AD, December 21). Hilary Putnam. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hilary-Putnam.

  • Awards

    Awarded Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy for his contributions.
    Reference:
    Harvard University. (n.d.). Hilary Putnam. Department of Philosophy. https://philosophy.fas.harvard.edu/people/hilary-putnam.

  • Awards

    Awarded the Nicholas Rescher Prize for Systematic Philosophy for his contributions.
    Reference:
    Harvard University. (n.d.). Hilary Putnam. Department of Philosophy. https://philosophy.fas.harvard.edu/people/hilary-putnam.

  • Bibliography

    In 2015 a bibliography of Putnam's life's work was published.
    Reference:
    Shook, J. R., Putnam, H., & Palencik, J. (2015). BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF HILARY PUTNAM. http://pragmatism.org/putnam/putnam_bibliography.pdf