Ian hacking

Ian Hacking

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  • Ian Hacking

    Ian Hacking was a philosopher born in Vancouver, BC, Canada on 18 February 1936. He later died on 10 May 2023. Green, Andrew. "Ian M Hacking." The Lancet (2023): 284.

  • Hacking's Start

    Ian Hacking studied mathematics and physics at the University of British Columbia and later earned his PhD from Trinity College at the University of Cambridge in 1962. His most interested thought was the idea of classification among humans. He did not think classification was just one thing but rather it is a way in which we draw distinctions and act on them for change. Green, Andrew. "Ian M Hacking." The Lancet (2023): 284.

  • Ian Hacking's Views

    Ian Hacking had two developed lines of thought in analysis of science. This first emphasized the contingent history of human inquiries into nature. This focused on different ways our concepts and style of reasoning change throughout time and how current applications are constrained but current conditions. The second is the distrust that the world has minds that prefer nominalism to "inherent structure". Mozersky, Joshua. "Nominalism, contingency, and natural structure." Dordrecht (2021).

  • Ian Hacking's Works

    Ian Hacking had two groundbreaking books: The Emergence of Probability in 1975 and The Taming of Chance in 1990. He also wrote Mad Travelers: Reflections on the Reality of Transient Mental Illnesses in 1998. Green, Andrew. "Ian M Hacking." The Lancet (2023): 284.
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  • Ian Hacking Quotes

    Below is a link to some of Ian Hacking's most influential quotes from presentations and works he has created: https://youtu.be/jcQ27I8QWGE