Hilary Putnam

Hilary Whitehall Putnam (July 31, 1926 – March 13, 2016) was an American philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist. He was a central figure in analytic philosophy from the 1960s. He worked in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of science. Until his death, Putnam was Cogan University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University.

Putnam was born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at Harvard University, at University of Pennsylvania and at the University of California, Los Angeles. Putnam died on March 13, 2016 from mesothelioma at his home in Boston, Massachusetts.HILARY PUTNAM Obituary - Brookline, MA | Boston Globe He was aged 89.

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 An extensive bibliography
 An extensive directory 
 London Review of Books contributor page
 Hilary Putnam: On Mind, Meaning and Reality , Interview by Josh Harlan, The Harvard Review of Philosophy, spring 1992.
 "To Think with Integrity" , Hilary Putnam's Farewell Lecture, The Harvard Review of Philosophy, Spring 2000.

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