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Birth and beginnings
Ian Hacking
(born February 18, 1936) is a Canadian philosopher He is known for his scholarly contributions and achievements to the study of the history and philosophy of mathematics and its language in science. He published The Logic of Statistical Inference and The Emergence of Probability which have been applauded by many for its innovative use of math in philosophy -
College life phase 1
Ian Hacking grew up in Vancouver and completed his first degree, a BA in mathematics and physics, at the University of British Columbia. -
College life phase 2
He then went on to Cambridge University, where he earned a BA, MA, and Ph.D. (1962) in Moral Sciences. Hacking learns the value of identifying probability with the mathematics of randomness and chance, which did not appear until the Renaissance. -
Becoming an Author
1975 when Hacking wrote Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy? The topics treated in the philosophy of language are among the central, current concerns of philosophers, which he was able to define explain the connection and how the historical framework makes it possible to introduce more concrete and fallible to more main theoretical issues that science was facing. -
The Emergence of Probability
In 1975 Hacking also wrote The Emergence of Probability.Historical he found there were no records showing there was no real concept of probability in Europe before the mid-seventeenth century. He understood there were items and other objects used that create probable events there was no true understanding of mathematics in conjunction with philosophy. -
Mathematics and Philosophy
The importance of mathematics and philosophy merge the ideas that people find themselves not understanding and not satisfied with the idea of linguistic philosophy. Hacking considers dozen case studies in the history of philosophy to show the different ways in which language has been important, and the consequences for the development of the subject. This merges the ideas of math and philosophy in a way people could more readily understand. -
Social Constructs
In November 15, 2000(1999) Ian hacking wrote the "The Social Construction of What?" In this he uses theories to question the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. These ideas push the questioning of scientific theory. -
Prize winner
In 2002, Hacking was awarded the first Killam Prize for the Humanities, which was an achievement reveled in the world of humanities. -
Prize winner
The Holberg International Memorial Prize for 2009 for outstanding scholarly work in the arts and humanities, social sciences, law and theology has been awarded to Ian Hacking, holder of the chair of Philosophy and History of Scientific Concepts at the Collège de France (2001-2006). -
Another one
In 2012, Hacking was awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art,