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Hilary Putnam

1926 - 2016

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Hilary Whitehall Putnam (; July 31, 1926 – March 13, 2016) was an American philosopher, mathematician, computer scientist, and figure in analytic philosophy in the second half of the 20th century. He contributed to the studies of philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of science. Outside philosophy, Putnam contributed to mathematics and computer science. Together with Martin Davis he developed the Davis–Putnam algorithm for the Boolean satisfiability problem and he helped demonstrate the unsolvability of Hilbert's tenth problem. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hilary Putnam is the 412th most popular philosopher (down from 378th in 2019), the 1,448th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,073rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Philosopher.

Hilary Putnam is most famous for his work in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mathematics.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hilary Putnam ranks 412 out of 1,267. Before him are Yajnavalkya, Paul Tillich, Thomas Hill Green, Mulla Sadra, Marcus Cornelius Fronto, and Jean Gerson. After him are Leszek Kołakowski, Bharadwaja, Francis Hutcheson, Alain de Benoist, Adolf von Harnack, and Masanobu Fukuoka.

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Among people born in 1926, Hilary Putnam ranks 74. Before him are Salah Jadid, Sergio Corbucci, Joan Sutherland, John Fowles, Yoshio Okada, and George Martin. After him are Jorge Medina, György Kurtág, Andrew Schally, Henry Way Kendall, Gyula Grosics, and Steve Reeves. Among people deceased in 2016, Hilary Putnam ranks 70. Before him are Sonia Rykiel, René Angélil, Jacques Rivette, Ettore Scola, Věra Čáslavská, and George Martin. After him are Michel Galabru, Iolanda Balaș, Walter Kohn, Terry Wogan, Michel Tournier, and Corry Brokken.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hilary Putnam ranks 1,448 out of 20,380. Before him are Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), Robert Rodriguez (1968), Linda Lee Cadwell (1945), Lawrence M. Krauss (1954), John Corbett (1961), and Robert Reich (1946). After him are Bill de Blasio (1961), Patrick Wilson (1973), Uma Thurman (1970), Groucho Marx (1890), John Clauser (1942), and Mary Ainsworth (1913).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Hilary Putnam ranks 11. Before him are Pat Robertson (1930), Judith Butler (1956), John Searle (1932), Anne Sullivan (1866), Robert Nozick (1938), and Richard Rorty (1931). After him are Michael J. Sandel (1953), Daniel Dennett (1942), Martha Nussbaum (1947), Murray Bookchin (1921), Ronald Dworkin (1931), and Nelson Goodman (1906).

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