Putnam, Hilary (1926- )

US philosopher and logician. A prominent analytic philosopher, he dealt with both technical problems and broader questions. His works include Mind, Language, and Reality 1965.

He was born in Chicago. He earned a doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1951, and after teaching at Rockefeller University 1951-52, Northwestern 1952-53, Princeton 1953-61, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1961-65, he became a professor at Harvard in 1965.