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Hilary Putnam Birthdate/Deathdate
Hilary Putnam was born on July 31, 1926 was an American philosopher, mathematician, computer scientist, and figure in analytic philosophy in the second half of the 20th century. Died on March 13, 2016 -
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1948
In 1948 Putnam received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, in philosophy and mathematics, in 1948. -
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Theory of functionalism
In the 1960s and early 1970s Putnam helped to refine a theory of mind known as functionalism, according to which mental or psychological states are defined by the roles that they play and are “functional states” of an entity.