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Famous Logician: Hilary Whitehall Putnam

By Jagran Josh
Dec 8, 2012, 16:14 IST

Hilary Whitehall Putnam is an American philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist, who has been a central figure in analytic philosophy.

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Name: Hilary Whitehall Putnam

Born: July 31, 1926 (age 86)

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Era: 20th-century philosophy

Region: Western Philosophy

School: Analytic, Pragmatism

Main interests: Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of language, Philosophy of mathematics, Metaphilosophy, Epistemology

Notable ideas: Multiple realizability, Functionalism, Causal theory of reference Semantic externalism , Brain in a vat · Twin Earth, Internal realism

Name: Hilary Whitehall Putnam

Born: July 31, 1926 (age 86)

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Era: 20th-century philosophy

Region: Western Philosophy

School: Analytic, Pragmatism

Main interests: Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of language, Philosophy of mathematics, Metaphilosophy, Epistemology

Notable ideas: Multiple realizability, Functionalism, Causal theory of reference Semantic externalism , Brain in a vat · Twin Earth, Internal realism

 

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