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an MacDougall Hacking was born February 18, 1936 and is a Canadian philosopher who specializing in the philosophy of science. -
Schooling
Hacking was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He earned undergraduate degrees from the University of British Columbia and the University of Cambridge.Hacking also earned his PhD at Cambridge in 1962. -
What he was known for
He has made important contributions to areas as diverse as the philosophy and history of physics, the understanding of the concept of probability, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy and history of psychology and psychiatry. -
Influencers
Hacking is heavily influenced by debates involving Thomas Kuhn, Imre Lakatos, Paul Feyerabend and few other scientists. He is known for bringing a historical approach to the philosophy of science. -
Major works
The Logic of Statistical Inference and The Emergence of Probability Citation:
Hacking, Ian. Logic Of Statistical Inference. 1965
Hacking, Ian. The Emergence Of Probability. 1975. -
What he believed
Hacking has been a main contributor of a realism about science called "entity realism." This way of thinking takes a realistic stance towards answers to the scientific unknowns thought out by true science but shows skepticism towards scientific theories. -
Taking a turn
Around 1990 Hacking took a major turn and started to look more at human science rather than what he previously looked at, natural science. This is when Hacking wrote Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy? and The Emergence of Probability. -
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Citations
"Ian Hacking". Informationphilosopher.Com, 2019, http://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/philosophers/hacking/. "Ian Hacking | The Canadian Encyclopedia". Thecanadianencyclopedia.Ca, 2019, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ian-hacking.
