Ian Hacking
Ian Hacking was a Canadian philosopher specializing in the philosophy of science. His historical analyses of the natural and social sciences, as well as mathematics, greatly influenced 20th- and 21st-century philosophical discourse. He is known for his work on scientific realism, the philosophy of probability, and the social construction of concepts. Hacking emphasized the role of experimentation and practice in science, and explored how concepts and classifications evolve over time and interact with human behavior.
Awards
['Killam Prize for the Humanities', 'Balzan Prize', 'Order of Canada', 'Holberg International Memorial Prize', 'Molson Prize', 'Gold Medal for Achievement in Research (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada)', 'Pierre Janet Prize']
Notable Works
['Logic of Statistical Inference (1965)', 'The Emergence of Probability (1975)', 'Representing and Intervening (1983)', 'The Taming of Chance (1990)', 'Rewriting the Soul: Multiple Personality and the Sciences of Memory (1995)', 'Mad Travelers: Reflections on the Reality of Transient Mental Illnesses (1998)', 'The Social Construction of What? (1999)', 'Historical Ontology (2002)', 'Why Is There Philosophy of Mathematics at All? (2014)']
