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Hilary Putnam

Hilary Putnam (1926–2016) was American philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist.

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Rather than apologizing for the Jewish tradition or putting it on a pedestal, the editors of The Jewish Political Tradition have chosen to stress its living and agonistic character.

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Like most of my contemporaries, I have inherited or acquired more than one “identity” — I am an American, a practicing Jew, a late 20th century philosopher. But it would never occur...
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