The Taming of Chance
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The Taming of Chance is a influential philosophical and historical study by Ian Hacking that examines how concepts of probability and statistical thinking transformed modern understandings of chance, causality, and social regulation.
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| The Taming of Chance canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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history of science book ⓘ philosophy of science book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
history of science
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philosophy of science ⓘ probability theory ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| author | Ian Hacking NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| genre |
history
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history of statistics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| hasEdition | paperback edition ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
biometrics
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demography ⓘ governance ⓘ insurance ⓘ law of large numbers NERFINISHED ⓘ medical statistics ⓘ normal distribution ⓘ population statistics ⓘ social control ⓘ statistical laws ⓘ |
| influenced |
history of statistics scholarship
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philosophy of science ⓘ science and technology studies ⓘ sociology of risk ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
19th-century statistics
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Adolphe Quetelet NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Galton NERFINISHED ⓘ Laplace NERFINISHED ⓘ Quetelet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
causality
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concept of chance ⓘ history of probability theory ⓘ philosophy of probability ⓘ probability ⓘ risk ⓘ social regulation ⓘ statistical thinking ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Ian Hacking NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Ideas in Context NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1990 ⓘ |
| publisher | Cambridge University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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