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The Birth of Hilary Putnam
He was born in Chicago, Illinois. His father was an active communist working as a columnist for the Daily Worker, the newspaper of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA)
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Hilary Putnam and His Family
He married Erna Diesendruck and they had a daughter, Erika. The marriage ended in a divorce in 1962. Also in 1962, he married Ruth Anna. Ruth and Hilary had a daughter, Polly and two sons, Sam and Josh. -
The Education and Teaching of Hilary Putnam
He received his PH.D in 1951 from UCLA. Hilary taught at Northwestern University (1951-1952), Princeton University (1953-1961), where he held office in the Department of Philosophy and the of Mathematics Department in 1960. Then the same at M.I.T from 1961 to 1965. He then became a member of the Progressive Labor party and for the rest of his life, He taught at Harvard (1965-2000) -
The Significant Contributions of Hilary Putnam
His Book "The Meaning of Meaning," differentiated ostensive and indexical meanings. He then produced like the "Philosophy and Our Mental Life"( 1975) and "Why There isn't a Ready-Made World" (1983). -
Hilary Putnam's Famous Work
His defense of realism, the view that theories and beliefs are objectively true or false was, I believe, his most famous philosophical thought. He then challenged the thought of 'metaphysical realism' and pushed that 'internal realism' was to take the overhead placement for society. -
The Late Life Of Hilary Putnam
Hilary Putnam passed away on March 13, 2016, in his Arlington, Massachusetts, home. He was 89 when he died of Metastasized Mesothelioma.