Ian Hacking
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Ian Hacking was a Canadian philosopher of science known for his influential work on the history of scientific concepts, probability, and the social construction of kinds.
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| Ian Hacking canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian Hacking Context triple: [Michel Foucault, influenced, Ian Hacking]
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Mario Bunge
Mario Bunge was an Argentine philosopher and physicist renowned for his rigorous defense of scientific realism and systematic, naturalistic philosophy across metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics.
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Nelson Goodman
Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in logic, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics, particularly his "new riddle of induction" and theories of symbol systems.
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C.
Hilary Putnam
Hilary Putnam was a prominent 20th-century American philosopher known for his influential work in philosophy of mind, language, and science, including the development of functionalism and semantic externalism.
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D.
Michael Dummett
Michael Dummett was a British philosopher renowned for his work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, and for his influential interpretations of analytic philosophy.
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Stephen Toulmin
Stephen Toulmin was a British philosopher best known for his work on argumentation theory and ethics, particularly his influential model of practical reasoning.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian Hacking Target entity description: Ian Hacking was a Canadian philosopher of science known for his influential work on the history of scientific concepts, probability, and the social construction of kinds.
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A.
Mario Bunge
Mario Bunge was an Argentine philosopher and physicist renowned for his rigorous defense of scientific realism and systematic, naturalistic philosophy across metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics.
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B.
Nelson Goodman
Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in logic, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics, particularly his "new riddle of induction" and theories of symbol systems.
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C.
Hilary Putnam
Hilary Putnam was a prominent 20th-century American philosopher known for his influential work in philosophy of mind, language, and science, including the development of functionalism and semantic externalism.
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D.
Michael Dummett
Michael Dummett was a British philosopher renowned for his work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, and for his influential interpretations of analytic philosophy.
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E.
Stephen Toulmin
Stephen Toulmin was a British philosopher best known for his work on argumentation theory and ethics, particularly his influential model of practical reasoning.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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historian of science ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ philosopher of science ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in philosophy ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Killam Prize
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Molson Prize ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1936-02-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2023-05-10 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Trinity College, Cambridge
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University of British Columbia ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| employer |
Collège de France
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Princeton University ⓘ Stanford University ⓘ University of British Columbia ⓘ University of Toronto ⓘ |
| familyName | Hacking ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
history of science
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history of scientific concepts ⓘ history of statistics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of mathematics ⓘ philosophy of probability ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ probability theory ⓘ social constructionism ⓘ |
| givenName | Ian ⓘ |
| influenced |
history of statistics
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philosophy of science in the late 20th century ⓘ social studies of science ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Michel Foucault ⓘ Thomas Kuhn ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of scientific realism and experimental practice
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concept of making up people ⓘ historical ontology of concepts ⓘ work on social construction of kinds ⓘ work on the history of probability ⓘ work on the philosophy of probability ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
British Academy
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Order of Canada ⓘ Royal Society of Canada ⓘ |
| movement | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| name | Ian Hacking self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Historical Ontology
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Mad Travelers ⓘ Representing and Intervening ⓘ Rewriting the Soul ⓘ Scientific Revolutions ⓘ The Emergence of Probability ⓘ The Social Construction of What? ⓘ The Taming of Chance ⓘ Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy? ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Vancouver ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Toronto ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chair of philosophy and history of scientific concepts at the Collège de France
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professor at the Collège de France ⓘ professor at the University of Toronto ⓘ professor of philosophy ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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