Ian Hacking | |
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![]() Hacking in 2009 | |
Born | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | February 18, 1936
Died | May 10, 2023 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | (aged 87)
Alma mater | University of British Columbia Trinity College, Cambridge |
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Children | 3 |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic philosophy |
Doctoral advisor | Casimir Lewy |
Doctoral students | David Papineau |
Main interests | Philosophy of science Philosophy of statistics |
Notable ideas | Entity realism Historical ontology (transcendental nominalism) |
Ian MacDougall Hacking CC FRSC FBA (February 18, 1936 – May 10, 2023) was a Canadian philosopher specializing in the philosophy of science. Throughout his career, he won numerous awards, such as the Killam Prize for the Humanities and the Balzan Prize, and was a member of many prestigious groups, including the Order of Canada, the Royal Society of Canada and the British Academy.