Ian Hacking
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Ian Hacking holds the chair of Philosophy and History of Scientific Concepts at the Collège de France. His most recent book is Historical Ontology. (April 2005)
From the Review
April 7, 2005: A New Way to See a Leaf
Mindsight: Image, Dream, Meaning by Colin McGinn
June 24, 2004: Minding the Brain
Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain by Antonio Damasio
June 29, 2000: Our Fellow Animals
The Lives of Animals by J.M. Coetzee
Ethics into Action: Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement by Peter Singer
March 18, 1999: Mind Over Matter
Mesmerized: Powers of Mind in Victorian Britain by Alison Winter
September 19, 1996: In Pursuit of Fairness
Inequality Reexamined by Amartya Sen
February 26, 1987: When the Atom Broke Down
Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World by Abraham Pais
October 9, 1986: Revolution in Science (letter)
February 27, 1986: Science Turned Upside Down
Revolution in Science by I. Bernard Cohen
December 20, 1984: On the Frontier
Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation by Donald Davidson
June 28, 1984: Winner Take Less
The Evolution of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod
February 16, 1984: Where Does Math Come From?
The Nature of Mathematical Knowledge by Philip Kitcher
May 12, 1983: Getting Goedel Straight (letter)
March 31, 1983: Kiss and Don't Tell
Secrets: On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation by Sissela Bok
February 17, 1983: Twilight of Authority
Prejudices: A Philosophical Dictionary by Robert Nisbet
October 7, 1982: Locke and Language (letter)
September 23, 1982: Why Are You Scared?
Risk and Culture: An Essay on the Selection of Technical and Environmental Dangers by Mary Douglas, by Aaron Wildavsky
Acceptable Risk by Baruch Fischhoff, by Sarah Lichtenstein, by Paul Slovic, by Steven L. Derby, by Ralph L. Keeney
June 10, 1982: Is Locke the Key?
From Locke to Saussure: Essays on the Study of Language and Intellectual History by Hans Aarsleff
April 1, 1982: Wittgenstein the Psychologist
Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Volume I edited by G.E.M. Anscombe, and G.H. von Wright, translated by G.E.M. Anscombe, Volume II edited by G.H. von Wright, and Heikki Nyman, translated by C.G. Luckhardt, by M.A.E. Aue
May 14, 1981: The Archaeology of Foucault
Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977 by Michel Foucault, edited by Colin Gordon, translated by Colin Gordon, by Leo Marshall, by John Mepham, by Kate Soper
October 23, 1980: Chomsky and His Critics
Rules and Representations by Noam Chomsky
Language and Learning: The Debate between Jean Piaget and Noam Chomsky edited by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini
Books by Ian Hacking
The Social Construction of What? (1999)
Mad Travelers: Reflections on the Reality of Transient Mental Illnesses (1998)
Rewriting the Soul: Multiple Personality and the Sciences of Memory (1995)
The Taming of Chance (1990)
The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas About Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference (1984)
Representing and Intervening: Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science (1983)
Logic of Statistical Inference (1976)
Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy? (1975)
The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas About Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference (1975)