Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter (
2022)
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Abstract
Hilary Putnam was one of the truly great philosophers of the twentieth century.
In a memorial essay I published elsewhere, I wrote:
Leading philosophy towards constant dynamic expeditions and holding on to an incredible
style of self-critique, Hilary Putnam (1926–2016), over five decades, has been in the
process of making laudable contributions to philosophy and philosophy of science by
being a beacon to a series of philosophical generations. He was a profound scholar full of
wisdom, morality, and love of humanity, in a word a “Philosopher’s Philosopher.”1
Hilary Putnam, whom I called “Gurudev” (mentor), was a renaissance man of
philosophy for his laudable and novel contribution in the fields of philosophy
and philosophy of science. The impetus for bringing out this honorary volume
on his fundamental contributions to philosophy and philosophy of science began
after his peaceful death on March 13, 2016 in Arlington, Massachusetts.