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Philosophy Index

Philosophy Index

Philosophy Index is a site devoted to the study of philosophy and the philosophers who conduct it. The site contains a number of philosophy texts, brief biographies, and introductions to philosophers, and explanations on a number of topics. Accredited homeschooling online at Northgate Academy and Philosophy online tutoring.

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Hilary Putnam

Hilary Putnam (1926– ) is an American philosopher, best known for his work in epistemology, philosophy of language and philosophy of science.

Mind: Brain in a Vat

Putnam offers a well-known thought experiment on the issue of scepticism: the brain in a vat. In it, he supposes that a brain in a vat, which is fed sensory data identical to that it would normally receive, has now way of knowing whether it is a brain in a vat or a brain in a skull. Essentially, the problem highlights the epistemic problem of confirming the existence of an external world.

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Name: Hilary Whitehall Putnam
Born: July 31, 1926
Degrees: Ph.D. (UCLA, 1951)
BA (University of Pennsylvania)