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)
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A New Way to See a Leaf
April 7, 2005
Mindsight: Image, Dream, Meaning
by Colin McGinn
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Minding the Brain
June 24, 2004
Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain
by Antonio Damasio
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Our Fellow Animals
June 29, 2000
The Lives of Animals
by J.M. Coetzee
Ethics into Action: Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement
by Peter Singer
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Mind Over Matter
March 18, 1999
Mesmerized: Powers of Mind in Victorian Britain
by Alison Winter
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In Pursuit of Fairness
September 19, 1996
Inequality Reexamined by Amartya Sen
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When the Atom Broke Down
February 26, 1987
Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World by Abraham Pais
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Revolution in Science
October 9, 1986
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Science Turned Upside Down
February 27, 1986
Revolution in Science by I. Bernard Cohen
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On the Frontier
December 20, 1984
Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation by Donald Davidson
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Winner Take Less
June 28, 1984
The Evolution of Cooperation
by Robert Axelrod
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Where Does Math Come From?
February 16, 1984
The Nature of Mathematical Knowledge
by Philip Kitcher
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Getting Goedel Straight
May 12, 1983
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Kiss and Don’t Tell
March 31, 1983
Secrets: On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation by Sissela Bok
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Twilight of Authority
February 17, 1983
Prejudices: A Philosophical Dictionary
by Robert Nisbet
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Locke and Language
October 7, 1982
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Why Are You Scared?
September 23, 1982
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
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Is Locke the Key?
June 10, 1982
From Locke to Saussure: Essays on the Study of Language and Intellectual History by Hans Aarsleff
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Wittgenstein the Psychologist
April 1, 1982
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
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The Archaeology of Foucault
May 14, 1981
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
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Chomsky and His Critics
October 23, 1980
Rules and Representations by Noam Chomsky
Language and Learning: The Debate between Jean Piaget and Noam Chomsky
edited by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini