Abstract:

This talk explains why a number of thinkers, including Reichenbach, von Neumann, 
and, at one time, myself, believed that quantum mechanics showed that we need a
non-classical logic (and why we were wrong).

Short BIO:

Hilary W. Putnam is Cogan University Professor Emeritus in the Department 
of Philosophy at Harvard University. He is known for work in pure mathematics
(Hilbert's 10th Problem and set theory) and in computer science (he is the
'P' in the DPLL algorithm for satisfiability) as well as philosophy.

Before coming to Harvard, Putnam taught at MIT, Princeton (receiving tenure
in both the philosophy and the mathematics departments) and Northwestern University.
Putnam has written extensively on topics in philosophy of science, philosophy 
of mathematics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind, as well as on 
pragmatism and on the relations of ethics and economics. His Ethics Without 
Ontology (2004) deals with many of these topics.


Refreshments served from 14:15 on,
 	Lecture starts at 14:30