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Re:Hilary Putnam has died by nerfhammer on Sunday March 13, 2016 @10:38PM (#11280733)
One difference is <s>Putnam concludes you can't tell whether life is an illusion or not</s>, whereas Descartes concludes you can and also god exists. Setupwise it's essentially the same.

EDIT: I got Putnam wrong. There is still the theistic difference though.

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Re:Hilary Putnam has died by hyperpape on Sunday March 13, 2016 @11:11PM (#11280824)
That's not right. Putnam's argument is explicitly anti-sceptical. See the Stanford Encyclopedia article linked down thread.
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