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Hilary Putnam
Hilary Whitehall Putnam (born July 31, 1926) has been a central figure in Western philosophy since the 1960s, especially in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of language and philosophy of science.[1] He is known for his willingness to apply an equal degree of scrutiny to his own philosophical positions and those of others, subjecting each position to rigorous analysis in order to expose its flaws.[2] As a result, he has acquired a reputation for changing his own position.[3]

In the philosophy of mind, Putnam is known for his hypothesis of multiple realizability and for the concept of functionalism, an influential theory regarding the mind-body problem.[1][4] In the philosophy of language, he, along with Saul Kripke and others, developed the causal theory of reference and, prompted by his "Twin Earth" thought experiment, invented the notion of semantic externalism while formulating his own theory of meaning.[5]
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  1. 1.0 1.1 Casati R., "Hillary Putnam" in Enciclopedia Garzanti della Filosofia, ed. Gianni Vattimo. 2004. Garzanti Editori. Milan. ISBN 8811505151
  2. King, P.J. One Hundred Philosophers: The Life and Work of the World's Greatest Thinkers. Barron's 2004, p. 170.
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  5. P. Clark-B. Hale (eds.), "Reading Putnam", Blackwell, Cambridge (Massachusetts)-Oxford 1995.