No sane person should believe that something is subjective merely because it cannot be settled beyond controversy.

Putnam's renewed interest in Judaism has inspired him to publish several recent books and essays on the topic. The possible outputs are:
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He has also displayed an interest in metaphilosophy seeking to "renew philosophy" from what he identifies as narrow and inflated concerns. In his later work Putnam has become increasingly interested in American pragmatism Jewish philosophy and ethics thus engaging with a wider array of philosophical traditions. Hilary Whitehall Putnam (born July 31 1926) is an American philosopher mathematician and computer scientist who has been a central figure in analytic philosophy since the 1960s especially in philosophy of mind philosophy of language philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of science.