Merja PolvinenSpent my morning reading up on #PeterPutnam, and jeez what a man and what a story. Physicist, philosopher, #LGBTQ activist, philantropist, protector of the environment - and janitor.
'Today, science is beginning to catch up to Putnam. His ideas about the plasticity of the brain and the importance of neural conditioning have become mainstream. Many cognitive scientists are pursuing a theory known as “embodied mind” that emphasizes the central role of motor behavior in cognition and perception, so central to Putnam’s own theory. At the same time, as [Robert W.] Fuller put it, “there’s stuff in Putnam that no one has thought of yet.”'
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