I wonder if Putnam was aware of his contemporary Kolmogorov's work and the measure of descriptive complexity that Kolmogorov, Chaitin, and Solomonoff independently developed, and its application to formalizing inductive reasoning and learning. I guess that he had not, else he would be commenting profusely on that formalization.
Also, not to be confused with Hilary Putnam, who also contributed to the philosophy of mind.
gsf_emergency_2•2d ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Fuller
20after4•33m ago