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Ian Hacking born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Citation:
Giordano, Piazzetta. Ian Hacking. https://www.balzan.org/en/prizewinners/ian-hacking/bio-bibliography-hacking Asccessed 9 June 2019 -
Earns BA in Mathematics and Physics Citation:
Giordano, Piazzetta. Ian Hacking. https://www.balzan.org/en/prizewinners/ian-hacking/bio-bibliography-hacking Asccessed 9 June 2019 -
Earns BA in Moral Sciences Citation:
Giordano, Piazzetta. Ian Hacking. https://www.balzan.org/en/prizewinners/ian-hacking/bio-bibliography-hacking Asccessed 9 June 2019 -
Awarded Smith's Prize in Mathematics and Gregg Bury Prize Citation:
Giordano, Piazzetta. Ian Hacking. https://www.balzan.org/en/prizewinners/ian-hacking/bio-bibliography-hacking Asccessed 9 June 2019 -
Earned MA and PHD Citation:
Giordano, Piazzetta. Ian Hacking. https://www.balzan.org/en/prizewinners/ian-hacking/bio-bibliography-hacking Asccessed 9 June 2019 -
Hacking details the complexity of probability theory and statistics in this work with a particular focus on "real problems". Citation:
Fjelland, Ragnar. Strand, Roger. "About Ian Hacking." https://www.holbergprisen.no/en/ian-hacking/about-ian-hacking.html Accessed 9 June 2019 -
Described as ground-breaking. Hacking claims the non-discovery of an intellectual object in the West before Pascal needs explanation. Citation:
Fjelland, Ragnar. Strand, Roger. "About Ian Hacking." https://www.holbergprisen.no/en/ian-hacking/about-ian-hacking.html Accessed 9 June 2019 -
Publishes "The Social Construction of What?" Describes that analytical/historical perspectives can work together. Citation:
Fjelland, Ragnar. Strand, Roger. "About Ian Hacking." https://www.holbergprisen.no/en/ian-hacking/about-ian-hacking.html Accessed 9 June 2019 -
Ian Hacking is honored as the Holberg Prize Laureate for his transformative contributions through his broad works in philosophy of science/language, probability theorems, etc. Citation:
Holberg Prize. 27 Feb, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOkuVqe3WBs Accessed 9 June 2019