Quote of the day
No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone.
Ian Hacking
Born: February 18, 1936
Died: May 10, 2023 (aged 87)
Bio: Ian MacDougall Hacking was a Canadian philosopher, specializing in the philosophy of science.
Known for:
- The social construction of what? (1999)
- Representing and intervening (1983)
- The Taming of Chance (1990)
- Rewriting the Soul (1995)
- The Emergence of Probability