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Hilary Putnam was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 31, 1926 He was the son of Samuel a writer and translator.
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Putnam received his Bachelors degree at the University of Pennsylvania
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Putnam received his PhD from the University of California Los Angeles
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Putnam became a professor at Northwestern University in Philosophy
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Putnam became the Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Putnam became Professor of Philosophy at Harvard
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One of his philosophical works was “Philosophy and Our Mental Life”
His best contribution to philosophy Twin-Earth thought experiment The Meaning of Meaning -
Putnam was named the Walter Beverly Pearson professor of Modern Mathematics and Mathematical Logic
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Appointed Cogan University Professor in department of Philosophy
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Putnam became Professor emeritus at Harvard and retired
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Putnam addressed dichotomy is equivalent.
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Putnam started a blog called Sardonic Comment
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Putnam continue contributing in philosophy doing conferences via Skype
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Received the Nicholas Rescher Prize for Systematic Philosophy
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His last published article was ‘Realism’ published in the journal Philosophy and Social Criticism
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Hilary Putnam died of cancer at the age of 89
