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Representing and Intervening
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Ian Hacking
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1983-10-20 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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A lively and clearly written introduction to the philosophy of natural science, organized around the central theme of scientific realism.
Historical Ontology
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Ian Hacking
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-09-15 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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In this text, Ian Hacking offers his reflections on the philosophical uses of history. The focus is the historical emergence of concepts and objects.
An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic
Language: en
Pages: 326
Authors: Ian Hacking
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-07-02 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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An introductory 2001 textbook on probability and induction written by a foremost philosopher of science.
Rewriting the Soul
Language: en
Pages: 347
Authors: Ian Hacking
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-08-03 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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Twenty-five years ago one could list by name the tiny number of multiple personalities recorded in the history of Western medicine, but today hundreds of people
Science after the Practice Turn in the Philosophy, History, and Social Studies of Science
Language: en
Pages: 355
Authors: Léna Soler
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-03-21 - Publisher: Routledge

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In the 1980s, philosophical, historical and social studies of science underwent a change which later evolved into a turn to practice. Analysts of science were a