PUTNAM, HILARY


Meaning of PUTNAM, HILARY in English

(b. 1926, Chicago. Ph.D. philosophy, University of California, Los Angeles, 1951). Drawing on his expertise in the theory of recursive functions and Turing machines , Putnam formulated a philosophical position that he named ' functionalism ' in the 1950s.

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English dictionary of philosophy of mind.      Английский словарь философии сознания.