Ian Hacking
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.
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| Born | February 18, 1936 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died | May 10, 2023 (aged 87) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 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) |
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