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Birth
Ian Hacking was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada -
Education
Ian Hacking completed his first degree, a BA in mathematics and physics, at the University of British Columbia. He then went on to Cambridge University, where he earned a BA, MA, and Ph.D. -
The Taming of Chance
The Book published by Ian Hacking, talks about probability and its increasing importance in life. This book was named by The Modern Library as one of the best 100 non-fiction works of the 20th century. -
Rewriting the Soul: Multiple Personality and the Sciences of Memory
Here the distinguished philosopher Ian Hacking uses the MPD epidemic and its links with the contemporary concept of child abuse to scrutinize today's moral and political climate, especially our power struggles about memory and our efforts to cope with psychological injuries. -
The Social Construction of What?
In this book, Ian Hacking talks about social construction and provides an overview of debates between scientists and constructionists. -
Citation
"I have this extraordinary curiosity about all subjects of the natural and human world and the interaction between the physical sciences and the social sciences." -
Historical Ontology
Ian Hacking here offers his reflections on the philosophical uses of history. The book is at once a systematic formulation of Hacking's approach and its relation to other types of intellectual history,
