On March 13, 2016, Hilary Whitehall Putnam (1926-2016), professor of philosophy at Harvard University, died at home at the age of 90. Putnam is well-known in European and American academic circles and was once hailed as “the living fossil of American philosophy.” He has drawn a magnificent philosophical map for us with 24 monographs and more than 300 papers. His academic advantages span mathematics, philosophy, psychology, computer science and other disciplines, and he has made outstanding achievements in philosophical branches such as mathematical philosophy, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language. Putnam changed his academic stance many times and had the courage to revise his views, so much so that…