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Ian Hacking (18FEB1936 - Present)

By Damien_Underwood

  • Birth

    Ian hacking was born 18th of February 1936 in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

  • About Ian Hacking

    Hacking is a philosopher and historian of science from Canada who identifies probability with the mathematics of randomness and chance. Major works being The Emergence of Probability (1975) and The Taming of Chance (1990)
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    Ian Hacking (18FEB1936 - Present)

  • Education

    Earned PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1962

  • The Logic of Statistical Inference

    Published book "The Logic of Statistical Inference"

  • The Emergence of Probability

    Published book "The Emergence of Probability" Hacking describes the intellectual archaeology of probability theory in the enlightenment era while joining these ideas to modern debates

  • Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy

    Published book "Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy"

  • Scientific Revolutions

    Published book "Scientific Revolutions"

  • The Taming of Chance

    Published book "The Taming of Chance" Hacking argues for a 19th century "erosion of determinism" making room for genuine chance.

  • RRewriting the Soul: Multiple Personality and the Sciences of Memory

    Published book "Rewriting the Soul: Multiple Personality and the Sciences of Memory (1995)"

  • Mad Travelers: Reflections on the Reality of Transient Mental Illnesses

    Published book "Mad Travelers: Reflections on the Reality of Transient Mental Illnesses"

  • The Social Construction of What?

    Published book "The Social Construction of What?"

  • Contribution

    Ian Hacking is praised for his scholarly contributions to the study of the history and philosophy of mathematics. Ian Hacking's work break down the traditional walls between the sciences and the humanities. Hacking has been a main proponent for a type of realism about science known as "entity realism". Hacking also created his approach to human science as "transcendental nominalism".

  • An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic

    Published book "An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic"

  • Killam Prize

    First Killam Prize for the Humanities

  • Historical Ontology

    Published book "Historical Ontology"

  • Order of Canada

    Joined as a companion of the Order of Canada

  • Holberg International Memorial Prize

    Awarded for work on how statistics and the theory of probability have shaped society

  • Austrian Decoration of Science and Art

    Awarded Austrian Decoration of Science and Art

  • Why Is There Philosophy of Mathematics at All?

    Why Is There Philosophy of Mathematics at All?

  • Balzan Prize

    Awarded the Balzan Prize