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Hilary Putnam
Hilary Putnam was born in Chicago, IL on July 21, 1936. He was and American philosopher who worked in metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophy of the mind. -
Hilary Putnam
In 1951, Putnam received his Ph.D from UCLA. He then moved to teach a Northwestern University until 1952. He than moved to teach at Princeton where he received tenure in the Department of Philosophy and Mathematics. Following Princeton he taught at M.I.T. from 1961-65 and then finished his career from there teaching at Harvard until 200. -
Hilary Putnam
In 1981, Putnam proposed an attempt to refute an argument based on a form of the brain-in-a-vat scenario. Brain-in-a-vat supposes that a scientist has removed your brain and put it in a vat of liquid to keep it alive. It uses a computer to send it signals like your body would so that your brain still thinks you are up and walking around. Putnam gave his theory to support this idea that the brain-in-a-vat is real and not just skepticism.
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Hilary Putnam 1990-2012
Putnam's later work would be as listed:
Realism with a Human Face (1990)
Words and Life (1994)
Jewish Philosophy as a Guide to Life (2008)
Philosophy in the Age of Science (2012) -
Hilary Putnam
Hilary Putnam died on March 13, 2016 in his home in Arlington, Massachusetts from mesothelioma.