-
The Life and Philosophy of Ian Hacking
Ian MacDougall Hacking is a Canadian Philosopher. He was born in Vancouver BC on February 18, 1936. He earned his first degree, a BA in Mathematics and Physics at the University of British Columbia. He later earned an MA, BA and Ph.D. in Moral Sciences from Cambridge University. (Grandy, 2007) He went on to teach at Cambridge, Oxford, Princeton and Stanford. grandy, karen. “Ian Hacking.” Ian Hacking | The Canadian Encyclopedia, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ian-hacking. -
Period: to
Current Life of Ian Hacking
Currently, Ian Hacking lives in Toronto with his second wife, Judith Baker. He retired at the mandatory age of 70. He retains the title of Professeur Honoraire at Collège de France and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. He has 3 children from the previous marriage and 7 grandchildren. He and Judith stay active touring, gardening and relaxing in central Toronto among Victorian-era houses. https://archive.is/20130125172125/http://www.ianhacking.com/#selection-130.0-139.351 -
Ian Hacking, Lectures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8f-5Ipdy5U The Mathematical Animal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOkuVqe3WBs The Holberg Lecture -
Ian Hacking, Awards and Books
The Logic of Statistical Inference (1965) The Emergence of Probability (1975) Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy? (1975) The Taming of Chance (1990) Historical Ontology (2002) “Ian Hacking.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 1 Feb. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Hacking#Books. -
Ian Hacking, Awards
In 2001, the Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize said that he is "considered among the very top rank of philosophers in the world." 2002 Killam Prize Humanities, Canada's most distinguished career award 2003 Sigmund H. Danziger Jr. Memorial Lecture in Humanities 2004 Companion of the Order of Canada 2008/2009 visiting professor University of California, Santa Cruz “Ian Hacking.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 1 Feb. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Hacking#Awards_and_lectures. -
Ian Hacking, Awards Continuation
2009 Holberg International Memorial Prize, Norwegian award Arts/ Humanities, Social Sciences, Law/Theology 2010 René Descartes Lectures at Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science 2012 Austrian Decoration for Science and Art 2014 Balzan Prize “Ian Hacking.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 1 Feb. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Hacking#Awards_and_lectures.
