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Ian Hacking
Ian Hacking is a Canadian professor and philosopher who has made great contributions to the philosophy of science through a historical, sociological, and scientific approaches he speaks of within his books and articles. He is world renowned realist and has received many awards for his contributions to Philosophy and particularly, the philosophy of mathematics. -
Education at Cambridge
Ian Hacking received a multitude of degrees beginning with his BA in Mathematics and Physics is 1956 at the University of British Columbia. He then obtained his BA in Moral Sciences Part IIB in 1958 from the University of Cambridge along with is MA and PhD in 1962.
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Books Written By Ian Hacking
The Logic of Statistical Inference (1965)
The Emergence of Probability (1975)
Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy? (1975)
Representing and Intervening, Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science, 1983.
The Taming of Chance (1990)
Scientific Revolutions (1990)
Rewriting the Soul: Multiple Personality and the Sciences of Memory (1995)
Mad Travelers: Reflections on the Reality of Transient Mental Illnesses (1998)
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Why Does Language Matter To Philosophy?
In this book, Hacking studies cases by numerous philosophers to understand the language used and how it will further adapt in the future. This book goes into the development of philosophy, its current concerns and historic framework to provide concrete evidence for his literature.
Hacking, I. (1975). Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511627873 -
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Awards and Recognition
Hacking received a total of three awards for his work starting with his 2002 Killam Prize due to his outstanding career achievements. He won the Holberg International Memorial Prize in 2009 due to his work regarding theory of probability and statistics and their influence on society. In 2012, he was awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art and in 2014, the Balzan Prize. -
The Emergence of Probability
In this literature, Hacking delves into the fifteenth through seventeenth century historical ideals and presents a philosophical critique to acclaim their concepts. Within this, he argues the transformation of probability and how it holds constraint on all other developments of probable theory.
Hacking, I. (2006). The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.