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Ian Hacking was born in Vancouver, Canada on February 18th, 1936 -
He received his undergraduate degrees from the University of British Columbia (BA in Mathematics and Physics, 1956) and the University of Cambridge (BA in Moral Sciences Part IIB, 1st class, 1958), where he was a Trinity College student.
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Ian Hacking wrote a book about why language matters to philosophy. This was quite interesting considering our discussion topic this week. -
Hacking received the first Killam Prize for the Humanities in 2002, Canada's most prestigious award for outstanding career achievements.
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He was also a visiting professor to prestigous universities such as the University of California in the winters of 2008 and 2009
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Hacking was awarded the Holberg International Memorial Prize, a Norwegian honor for academic achievement on August 25, 2009. Hacking was picked for his work on how statistics and probability theory have affected society. -
Ian Hacking is currently a University Emeritus Professor at the University of Toronto. -
- One more step. archive.ph. (n.d.). Retrieved March 13, 2022, from https://archive.ph/20130125172125/http://www.ianhacking.com/
- “Prof Ian Hacking, Winner of the Holberg Prize - 2009.” Prof Ian Hacking, Winner of the Holberg Prize - 2009, Collège De France, 1 June 2009, https://journals.openedition.org/lettre-cdf/786#:~:text=The%20Holberg%20International%20Memorial%20Prize,France%20(2001%2D2006).