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Born
Vancouver, Canada (Ian Hacking - Balzan Prizewinner Bio-bibliography) -
University of British Columbia
Earned BA in Mathematics and Physics (Ian Hacking - Balzan Prizewinner Bio-bibliography) -
University of Cambridge (Undergraduate Degree)
Earned BA in Moral Sciences Part IIB, 1st Class (Ian Hacking - Balzan Prizewinner Bio-bibliography) -
University of Cambridge (Graduate Degree)
Earn MA and PhD (Ian Hacking - Balzan Prizewinner Bio-bibliography) -
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Career
1962-1964 Fellow, Cambridge Research
1964-1969 Assistant / Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
1967-1969 Associate Professor, University of Uganda
1969 Philosophy Lecturer, University of Cambridge
1974-1980 Fellow at Centre for Advanced Study in Behavioural Sciences, Philosophy Professor, and Chair in Department of Philosophy, Stanford University
1982 Philosophy of Science / Technology Professor, University of Toronto
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University of British Columbia (Career)
Assistant and Associate Professor (Ian Hacking - Balzan Prizewinner Bio-bibliography) -
Emerging work on Concept of Probability and Statistical Inference
The foundation of Professor Hacking's work was with his background in statistical probability. His work lead to the now "gold standard" in clinical research, the randomized trials. (Longva) -
The Emergence of Probability
Changing the perspective in history of probability, Professor Hacking posed the question on how probability can into being rather than why it was not discovered until later years. This sparked a broad interest in the history of probability. (Longva) -
Representing and Intervening: Introductory topics in the philosophy of natural science
In his book, Professor Hacking challenged the anglophone philosophy of science and pointed out their self-created crisis of rationality. Hacking says that the "crisis" was largely influenced by Thomas Kuhn's 1962, The Structure of Scientific Revolution. In addition, he mentions that Kuhn and his colleges fell victim to the thought that science is simply the production of theories. Hacking poses that science should not only represent the world, but scientists should intervene as well. (Longva) -
Received High Honour
University Professor at the University of Toronto (Ian Hacking - Balzan Prizewinner Bio-bibliography) -
Elected to the College of France
Chair, Philosophy and History of Scientific Concepts (Ian Hacking - Balzan Prizewinner Bio-bibliography) -
Holberg Prize Awarded
Awarded for is work in the Emergence of Probability. (Longva) -
Balzan Prize Awarded
Received for contributions to epistemology and the philosophy of mind. (Ian Hacking - Balzan Prizewinner Acceptance Speech) His work led to the Balzan Styles of Reasoning Research Project which allowed emerging scholars to explore styles in a wide range of topics: sociology, philosophy of mind, epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophical psychology, statistical inference, philosophy of mathematics and logic, philosophy of language, and history. (Research Project - Styles of Reasoning)
