Overview :One of Ian Hacking's earliest publications, this book showcases his early ideas on the central concepts and questions surrounding statistica... Read More
Overview :Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, ... Read More
Overview :This is an introductory textbook on probability and induction written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of science. The book has b... Read More
Overview :In this important new study Ian Hacking continues the enquiry into the origins and development of certain characteristic modes of contempora... Read More
Overview :This truly philosophical book takes us back to fundamentals - the sheer experience of proof, and the enigmatic relation of mathematics to na... Read More
Overview :Many people find themselves dissatisfied with recent linguistic philosophy, and yet know that language has always mattered deeply to philoso... Read More
Overview :With the unusual clarity, distinctive and engaging style, and penetrating insight that have drawn such a wide range of readers to his work, ... Read More
Overview :Hacking tells the fascinating tale of Albert Dadas, a native of France's Bordeaux region and the first diagnosed mad traveler. Dadas suffere... Read More
Overview :Ian Hart was on top of the world. He was in peak condition mentally and physically, and his career as a fitness professional was thriving. T... Read More
Overview :Twenty-five years ago one could list by name the tiny number of multiple personalities recorded in the history of Western medicine, but toda... Read More
Overview :Historical records show that there was no real concept of probability in Europe before the mid-seventeenth century, although the use of dice... Read More
Overview :This 1983 book is a lively and clearly written introduction to the philosophy of natural science, organized around the central theme of scie... Read More