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Born
Born in Chicago, Illinois. His parents are Samuel and Riva Putnam (Weber 2016). -
Study
Studied at harvard and UCLA, Studied mathematical logic, philosophy of mind and language, epistemology and metaphysics. he wrote a dissertation, under Hans Reichenbach, on the concept of probability, obtaining a Ph.D (Ben-Menahem 2023). -
Anti-war Movement
During the 1960s Putnam was deeply involved in the antiwar movement that opposed U.S. participation in the Vietnam War (Ben-Menahem 2023). -
teacher
After he graduated, he taught philosophy at Northwestern University, Princeton University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) until 1976 (Weber 2016). -
Retired
After leaving MIT in 1976 he joined the philosophy department at Harvard. He retired as Cogan University Professor Emeritus at Harvard (Ben-Menahem 2023). -
Death
at home in Arlington, Massachusetts at the age of 89. The cause was metastasized mesothelioma (Weber 2016). -
Citation
Ben-Menahem, Yemima. "Hilary Putnam". Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Mar. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hilary-Putnam. Accessed 8 April 2023. The New York Times, By Bruce Weber, John Goodman March 17, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/arts/hilary-putnam-giant-of-modern-philosophy-dies-at-89.html?smid=url-share