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...those people who writes and sticks it in the drawer," says Hilary Putnam, Pearson Professor of Modern Mathematics and Mathematical Logic. Partially because of the penchant for secrecy, colleagues say, his beliefs about philosophy are highly controversial and not entirely accepted in philosophy departments around the country...
Dreben has been at work for a number of years on reinterpreting several 20th century figures in analytic philosophy, a field "which has invented a false history of itself," says Putnam. Dreben, he says, "is lifting the rug up to see what actually happened...
...Boston last month to deliver a speech at a celebration of the statefunded university's 20th anniversary. Coles urged colleagues and students in the mental health disciplines to get back in touch with the simple truths of human behavior and rely less on book theory. Harvard Treasurer George Putnam '49 is currently on vacation in India...
Over the last three years, the Harvard Corporation has tried repeatedly to return to the old days of amoral investing. Treasurer George Putnam '49 floated the idea in 1982 that Harvard would invest in banks that gave "humanitarian" loans to the South African government. Last year, Corporation member Hugh Calkins denied Harvard took moral questions into account when investing Each time the Corporation has tried to go back on the commitments it made in 1977-79, the divestiture movement has responded, by packing ACSR meetings, holding vigils and rallies, and most notably last year with the fast for divestiture...
CHARLES DE GAULLE: A BIOGRAPHY by Don Cook: Putnam; 432 pages...