The mind and the world jointly make up the mind and the world.

Philosophers
Hilary Putnam
American philosopher (1926-2016) who reshaped late-20th-century analytic philosophy. Founder of functionalism, source of the Twin Earth experiment and semantic externalism, and famous for the brain-in-a-vat scenario.
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Source: Reason, Truth and History (Cambridge University Press, 1981)Verified
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