Philosopher Hilary Putnam died on March 13, 2016 at the age of 89 from mesothelioma. One of the most important philosophers of the 20th Century, Putnam was unlike any other modern philosopher because his work embraced many different kinds of philosophy- mathematical logic, philosophy of the mind, as well as scholarship on individual philosophers, and he made important contributions in all of these fields. Putnam was also a master at providing counterarguments to complex philosophical issues, counterarguments that were so simple and clear that they demanded to be taken seriously. He also leaves a rich legacy of thought experiments like the "Twin Earth Problem" and the "Brain in a Vat." Here are 13 vocabulary words from the work of Hilary Putnam.
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