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Birth of Hilary
Hilary Putnam was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 31, 1926 He was the son of Samuel a writer and translator. -
Received Degree
Putnam received his Bachelors degree at the University of Pennsylvania -
Doctorate
Putnam received his PhD from the University of California Los Angeles -
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Teaching
Putnam became a professor at Northwestern University in Philosophy -
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M.I.T.
Putnam became the Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology -
Harvard
Putnam became Professor of Philosophy at Harvard -
Contribution
One of his philosophical works was “Philosophy and Our Mental Life”
His best contribution to philosophy Twin-Earth thought experiment The Meaning of Meaning -
Walter Pearson
Putnam was named the Walter Beverly Pearson professor of Modern Mathematics and Mathematical Logic -
Cogan
Appointed Cogan University Professor in department of Philosophy -
Emeritus
Putnam became Professor emeritus at Harvard and retired -
The Collapse of the Fact/ Value Dichotomy
Putnam addressed dichotomy is equivalent. -
Blog
Putnam started a blog called Sardonic Comment -
Contribution continued
Putnam continue contributing in philosophy doing conferences via Skype -
Prize
Received the Nicholas Rescher Prize for Systematic Philosophy -
Last Word
His last published article was ‘Realism’ published in the journal Philosophy and Social Criticism -
Death
Hilary Putnam died of cancer at the age of 89
