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Birth of Ian Hacking
Ian Hacking was born February 18th, 1936 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. -
Key Moment
Ian Hacking focuses his studies around probability and the Philosophy of Science. One of the key pieces of work that focuses on philosophy is Representing and Intervening, Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science. -
Contributions
Through his book "Representing and Intervening, Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science" Hacking uses multiple approaches to look and analyze how we view Natural Sciences all focused around Scientific Realism. -
Contributions Cont.
In his book there are two parts. Representing; which is based around the ideas of objectivity and reality of scientific subjects. He also takes into account the work and views of other scinetists such as Kuhn, Feyerabend, Lakatos, Putnam, van Fraassen. The second part focuses on "Intervening" which is using actual experimentation to create a more solidified account of realism. Hackman was focuses on creating a realistic approach to scientific studies -
The Overall
Hackman has made multiple contributiions to science as a whole. When it comes to the Philosophy of Science he has introduced new ideas that allow others to look at theories and hypothesis' differently. He has discussed how observable and unobservable theriories are virtually the same without the realistic approach of experimentation. A solidified understanding of the theory and experiment can provide a realistic attitude. -
Ian Hacking the Scientific Truth
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Major Works
Hacking, Ian (1983). Representing and Intervening: Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science. Cambridge University Press.
Hacking, Ian (1999). The Social Construction of What?. Harvard University Press.
Hacking, Ian (1995). Rewriting the Soul: Multiple Personality and the Sciences of Memory. Princeton University Press.
Hacking, Ian (2007). Natural Kinds: Rosy Dawn, Scholastic Twilight: Ian Hacking. Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 61:203-239.
