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Hilary Putnam 1926-2016

By jcalhoun99

  • Born

    Hilary Putnam is born in Chicago Illinois.

  • UCLA

    Received his PHD from UCLA
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    Northwest University

    Taught at Northwest University
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    Princeton

    Taught at Princeton

  • Received Tenure

    Received tenure at the Department of Philosophy and Department of Math
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    Early Contributions

    Putnams early contributions to the scientific community were based on Functionalism more notably Machine functionalism. Machine Functionalism parallels between mental state and functional state of computer of that time. Deals with the human mental state and how these mental states are caused by actions within our backgrounds of our beliefs and desires from our life. This theory launched other notable theories such as "The Great Question of Realism".
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    Contributions as a whole

    Putnam over his lifetime edited and published numerous works that contributed to the world of Philosophical science. These works include over 36 articles in renowned journals, published two collections of papers. These papers were published by Harvard. Putnam was known for wildly swinging views throughout his lifetime. Most attribute this to his upbringing and the influence he received from his parents. Putnam also produced many influential contributors to the study of Philosophy and Mathamatics

  • Harvard

    Joined the Harvard faculty

  • Retired from Harvard

    Retired from Harvard University

  • Death

    Hilary Putnam died at his home in Arlington Massachusetts.

  • Reference citations

    Chakraborty, Sanjit. “Sanjit Chakraborty, Hilary Putnam: An Era of Philosophy Has Ended - Philpapers.” Philosophia, 1 Jan. 1970, https://philpapers.org/rec/CHAHPA-2. “Hilary Putnam (1926-2016).” Philosophy Now: a Magazine of Ideas, https://philosophynow.org/issues/114/Hilary_Putnam_1926-2016.

  • references

    “Hilary Putnam.” Department of Philosophy, https://philosophy.fas.harvard.edu/people/hilary-putnam. The Rise and Fall of Machine Functionalism. https://oronshagrir.huji.ac.il/sites/default/files/oronshagrir/files/the_rise_and_fall_of_computational_functionalism.pdf.