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Ian Hackings Life
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The Emergence of Probability
Ian Hacking identifies randomness and chance which appeared during the Renaissance. He says probability was duel. It has an epistemic element having to do with degrees of belief, and an ontological aspect. This has to do with the performance of randomizing devices such as dice, or coins. -
Taming of Chance
Hacking argues for the 19th century "erosion of determinism" making room fro chance. Space was cleared of chance when Causality was discovered. The world might be regular and yet not subject to universal law of nature. Erosion of Determinism made little to no difference to anyone, this is because society became statistical. This carries a norm for people to look into the past, and analogous to the laws of nature but pertaining to people. -
Mad travelers: Reflections on the Reality of Transient Mental Illnesses
The Fugue epidemic of Eastern Europe, 1887-1909, a compulsion to travel. This was diagnosable as a form of insanity, as the "traveler" lost a sense of their identity. His book refers to Albert Dadas, the first official diagnosed patient. Albert was a normal guy throughout the day, but would set out away from his normal setting. Hacking used a term called "transient mental illness",which is an illness that appears at a time and in a place, and later fades away. -
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Ian Hacking
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