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 in 2006

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.^[1][2] He was aged 89.

References

1. "Boston Globe Obituaries". Retrieved 13 March 2016.
2. HILARY PUTNAM Obituary - Brookline, MA | Boston Globe

Other websites

• Hilary Putnam on IMDb
• An extensive bibliography
• An extensive directory Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
• London Review of Books contributor page
• Hilary Putnam: On Mind, Meaning and Reality Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Interview by Josh Harlan, The Harvard Review of Philosophy, spring 1992.
• "To Think with Integrity" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Hilary Putnam's Farewell Lecture, The Harvard Review of Philosophy, Spring 2000.