Ian Hacking

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Position:

In memoriam

Campus:

St. George,

Phone Number:

416-978-3311

Fax Number:

416-978-8703

Biography:

  • BA, University of British Columbia
  • MA, University of Cambridge
  • PhD, University of Cambridge
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

The department mourns the passing of University Professor Emeritus Ian Hacking.

Research Interests:

Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science

Publications:

Books include Logic of Statistical Inference; The Emergence of Probability; Why does Language Matter to Philosophy?; Representing and Intervening; The Taming of Chance (1990); and Le plus pur nominalisme (1993), The Social Construction of What? (1999).

Address:

Department of Philosophy, Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street, 4th floor, Toronto, ON M5R 2M8