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Ian Hacking
Born in Canada, He is a philosopher and he specifically focuses on the Philosophy of Science. He has won an abundance of prizes and he has also been a member of many high prestige groups. His contribution to science was applying a historical approach to the philosophy of science.- Fondazione Internazionale Balzan "Premio" - Piazzetta Umberto Giordano 4 - 20122 Milano (Italia) Last Updated: May 25, 2018
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What is Scientific Realism?
Entities, states, and processes described by correct theories do exist. Protons, photons, fields of force, and black holes are real. Theories about the structure of molecules that carry genetic codes are either true or false, and a genuinely correct theory would be a true one. “What Is Scientific Realism?” Representing and Intervening: Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science, by Ian Hacking, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1983, pp. 21–31. -
What is Anti-Realism?
There is a phenomena of electricity and of inheritance but we theorize about tiny states, processes and entities only in order to predict and produce events. Theories are adequate, useful, warranted or applicable. Regardless if its theories are true. there is no other way to understand the theories. “What Is Scientific Realism?” Representing and Intervening: Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science, by Ian Hacking, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1983, pp. 21–31. -
Experimental Realism
Experimental Realism is a theory proposing that one is not required to believe their theory is true, nor does its defense depend on inference to the best explanation, the strongest proof for realism is that we can manipulate objects. He says "So far as I'm concerned, If you can spray them, then they are real". Resnik, David B.“Hacking's Experimental Realism.” Canadian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 24, no. 3, 1994, pp. 395–411. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40231874. Accessed 5 Sept. 2021. -
Scientific Realism
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Conclusion
Ian Hacking is still living till this day and is a professor at St. George. He received his bachelors degree at the University of British Colombia, MA at the University of Cambridge, PhD at the University of Cambridge also. His research continues to be in the philosophy of science and language. He is still alive so I put todays date in the entry.