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Hilary Putnam, July 31, 1926 - March 13, 2016

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  • Birth

    Birth
    Hilary Putnam was born, July 31, 1926, in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were Samuel and Riva Putnam.
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    Life

  • Bachelor's

    Bachelor's
    Hilary Putnam went to school at the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied mathematic and philosophy and graduated with his bachelor's degree In 1948. Ben-Menahem, Yemima. "Hilary Putnam". Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Jul. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hilary-Putnam. Accessed 7 March 2021.

  • Doctorate

    Doctorate
    After his bachelor's, he attended the Harvard University and the University of California for philosophy. He obtained his Ph.D. in1951. He did his dissertation on the concept of probability. Ben-Menahem, Yemima. "Hilary Putnam". Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Jul. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hilary-Putnam. Accessed 7 March 2021.
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    Dr. Putnam

    the newly Dr. Putnam started teaching at Northwestern University in 1952. He moved to Princeton University in 1953. then, he taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1961. In 1965 he got a job at Harvard, where he taught until 2000. In 2000 he retired from Harvard. Hilary Putnam. 13 June 2019, www.giffordlectures.org/lecturers/hilary-putnam.

  • The Meaning of 'Meaning'

    The Meaning of 'Meaning'
    In 1975 Putnam proposed his paper called, "The Meaning of 'Meaning'." In which he implies, meaning is not purely a mental entity. Ben-Menahem, Yemima. "Hilary Putnam". Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Jul. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hilary-Putnam. Accessed 7 March 2021.

  • Metaphysical Realism

    Putnam was a realist, putting a hard standpoint between dogma, superstition, belief, and knowledge. In the late seventies is made a standpoint against what he called “metaphysical realism." His standpoint was for what he called, "internal realism." https://youtu.be/B-BGeQlMQ9Q Ben-Menahem, Yemima. "Hilary Putnam". Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Jul. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hilary-Putnam. Accessed 7 March 2021

  • Brains in a Vat

    Brains in a Vat
    This is a thought experiment that says, if our brain was floating in a vat, being fed all of our senses, giving us the image of reality. We would assume that reality to be true. The best way to visualize the concept is the popular movie, "The Matrix." This concept is in contradiction to René Descartes, "I think, therefore I am." https://youtu.be/zO0sSJB1TrI

  • Death

    Hilary Putnam died, March 13, 2016, at the age of eighty-nine.