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Ian Hacking is born
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First Published Book
His first book, Logic of Statical Inference is published on statistical reasoning. It is a philosophical analysis of concepts, using logic, on how to test statistical hypotheses and estimate quantities within the data provided. From a teaching standpoint, this reading helped readers with his expertise in statistics https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ian-Hacking -
Making Up People Journal is written
The success of his books brought up the idea further in the realm of social sciences. His theory of human nature being understood in a statistical form of what "normal" is. This journal was focused on mental health and "categories" of people. These articles helped define statistical patterns in mental health problems we face today. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ian-Hacking -
The Taming Of Chance is published
Another book written later on titled, The Taming Of Chance, was published and suggested that accessing statics since the 17th century showed patterns on human behavior. The statistics cited from this was suicide patterns and included factors such as age, sex, martial status and geographic locations. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ian-Hacking -
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Hacking receives multiple awards for his contributions
Not only was he the first English speaking professor to be awarded a chair at the Collège de France, but he was also awarded the Molson Prize. He later won the Killam Prize for the Humanities in 2002 and was named a Companion of the Order of Canada in 2004. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/molson-prize -
Ian Hacking passed away