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The Start
Ian Hacking was born in Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada in 1936. (Grandy, 2013) Grandy, K. (2013). Ian Hacking | The Canadian Encyclopedia. Available at: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ian-hacking -
Hacking's First Degree
Ian Hacking earned his undergraduate degree in mathematics and physics from the University of British Colombia in 1956. (Balzan.org, 2014) Balzan.org. (2014). Ian Hacking - Balzan Prize Winner Bio-bibliography. Available at https://www.balzan.org/en/prizewinners/ian-hacking/bio-bibliography-hacking -
Keep on Learning
Ian Hacking earned his second Bachelors Degree in Moral Sciences from the University of Cambridge in 1958.(Balzan.org, 2014) Balzan.org. (2014). Ian Hacking - Balzan Prize Winner Bio-bibliography. Available at https://www.balzan.org/en/prizewinners/ian-hacking/bio-bibliography-hacking -
Above and Beyond
While studying at Cambridge University, Hacking not only earned his second degree, but two more after that. He earned his Masters and his Ph. D. from Cambridge University. (Grandy, 2013) Grandy, K. (2013). Ian Hacking | The Canadian Encyclopedia. Available at: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ian-hacking -
The First Book of Many
Ian hacking published his first book, The Logic of Statistical Inference, in 1965. Grandy, K. (2013). Ian Hacking | The Canadian Encyclopedia. Available at: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ian-hacking -
The Emergence of Probability
In this book, Hacking discusses the break between subjective and personalistic probability. This book has been heavily criticized but still remains a topic of interest to this day. Grandy, K. (2013). Ian Hacking | The Canadian Encyclopedia. Available at: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ian-hacking -
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Shifting Gears
After 1990, Ian Hacking shifted his focus from natural sciences to the human sciences. (Transcendental nominalism) https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ian-hacking -
Rewriting the Soul: Multiple Personality and the Sciences of Memory
In this book, Hacking discusses what Multiple Personality Disorder is and what affects it can have on people. He discusses how it can alter people's memories and what kind of people have this disorder and what events could potentially lead to it. (Sutherland, 1995) -
Mad Travelers: Reflections on the Reality of Transient Mental Illness
In this book, Hacking speaks about the effects of a medical condition that appeared in the late 1890s. Popularly known as ‘’Mad Travel’’, this condition would have European men walking for hundreds of miles with no knowledge of their own identities. Almost as if they were in a trance. His intent was to explore deeper into what he called ‘’transient mental illnesses’’. Illnesses that were confined to a specific time and geographic area. (O'niell, 1999) -
An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic
Ian Hacking published this book in 2001. Grandy, K. (2013). Ian Hacking | The Canadian Encyclopedia. Available at: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ian-hacking -
Killiam Prize Winner
Hacking won the inaugural Killam Prize for the Humanities in 2002 along with $50,000. The Killiam Prize is Canada’s most distinguished award for outstanding career achievements. Given to individuals who have made a substantial and significant contribution to their career field. (Pereira, 2019) Pereira, L. (2019). Killiam Prizes. Retrieved from https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/prizes/killam-prizes
