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A Concise Introduction to Logicby Ian HackingISBN 0075536706 (0-07-553670-6)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas About Probability, Introduction and Statistical Inferenceby Ian HackingISBN 0521318033 (0-521-31803-3)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas About Probability, Introduction and Statistical Inference'Book summary:Historical records show that there was no real concept of probability in Europe before the mid-seventeenth century although the use of dice and other randomizing objects was commonplace. Ian Hacking here presents a philosophical critique of early ideas about probability, induction and statistical inference and the growth of this new family of ideas in the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The contemporary debate centres round such figures as Pascal, Leibniz and Jacques Bernoulli. What brought about the change in ideas? The author invokes in his explanation a wider intellectual framework involving the growth of science, economics and the theology of the period. [via]
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The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas About Probability, Induction And Statistical Inferenceby Ian HackingISBN 0521204607 (0-521-20460-7)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Exercises in Analysis: Essays by Students of Casimir Lewyby Ian Hacking , Casimir LewyISBN 0521256844 (0-521-25684-4)
Hardcover, Cambridge University Press
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An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic Desk Examination Editionby Ian HackingISBN 0521005345 (0-521-00534-5)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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Leibniz and Descartes, Proof and Eternal Truthsby Ian HackingISBN 0197256988 (0-19-725698-8)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Logic of Statistical Inferenceby Ian HackingISBN 0521290597 (0-521-29059-7)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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Philosophy and Animal Lifeby Stanley Cavell, Cora Diamond, John McDowell, Ian Hacking , Cory WolfeISBN 0231145144 (0-231-14514-4)
Hardcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Philosophy and Animal Life'Book summary:Philosophy and Animal Life offers a new way of thinking about animal rights, our obligation to animals, and the nature of philosophy itself. Cora Diamond begins with "The Difficulty of Reality and the Difficulty of Philosophy," in which she accuses analytical philosophy of evading, or deflecting, the responsibility of human beings toward nonhuman animals. Diamond then explores the animal question as it is bound up with the more general problem of philosophical skepticism. Focusing specifically on J. M. Coetzee's The Lives of Animals, she considers the failure of language to capture the vulnerability of humans and animals.
Stanley Cavell responds to Diamond's argument with his own close reading of Coetzee's work, connecting the human-animal relation to further themes of morality and philosophy. John McDowell follows with a critique of both Diamond and Cavell, and Ian Hacking explains why Cora Diamond's essay is so deeply perturbing and, paradoxically for a philosopher, he favors poetry over philosophy as a way of overcoming some of her difficulties. Cary Wolfe's introduction situates these arguments within the broader context of contemporary continental philosophy and theory, particularly Jacques Derrida's work on deconstruction and the question of the animal. Philosophy and Animal Life is a crucial collection for those interested in animal rights, ethics, and the development of philosophical inquiry. It also offers a unique exploration of the role of ethics in Coetzee's fiction.
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Representing and Interveningby Ian HackingISBN 0521282462 (0-521-28246-2)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Representing and Intervening: Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Scienceby Ian HackingISBN 0521238293 (0-521-23829-3)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Scientific Revolutionsby Ian HackingISBN 019875051X (0-19-875051-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Scientific Revolutions'Book summary:Bringing together important writings not easily available elsewhere, this volume provides a convenient and stimulating overview of recent work in the philosophy of science. The contributors include Paul Feyerabend, Ian Hacking, T.S. Kuhn, Imre Lakatos, Laurens Laudan, Karl Popper, Hilary Putnam, and Dudley Shapere. In addition, Hacking provides an introductory essay and a selective bibliography. [via]
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The Taming of Chanceby Ian Hacking , Lorraine Daston, Dorothy Ross, Quentin Skinner, James TullyISBN 0521380146 (0-521-38014-6)
Hardcover, Cambridge University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Taming of Chance'Book summary:In this important new study Ian Hacking continues the enquiry into the origins and development of certain characteristic modes of contemporary thought undertaken in such previous works as his best selling Emergence of Probability. Professor Hacking shows how by the late nineteenth century it became possible to think of statistical patterns as explanatory in themselves, and to regard the world as not necessarily deterministic in character. Combining detailed scientific historical research with characteristic philosophic breath and verve, The Taming of Chance brings out the relations among philosophy, the physical sciences, mathematics and the development of social institutions, and provides a unique and authoritative analysis of the "probabilization" of the Western world. [via]
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Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy?by Ian HackingISBN 0521099986 (0-521-09998-6)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy?'Book summary:Many people find themselves dissatisfied with recent linguistic philosophy, and yet know that language has always mattered deeply to philosophy and must in some sense continue to do so. Ian Hacking considers here some dozen case studies in the history of philosophy to show the different ways in which language has been important, and the consequences for the development of the subject. There are chapters on, among others, Hobbes, Berkeley, Russell, Ayer, Wittgenstein, Chomsky, Feyerabend and Davidson. Dr Hacking ends by speculating about the directions in which philosophy and the study of language seem likely to go. The book will provide students with a stimulating, broad survey of problems in the theory of meaning and the development of philosophy, particularly in this century. The topics treated in the philosophy of language are among the central, current concerns of philosophers, and the historical framework makes it possible to introduce concretely and intelligibly all the main theoretical issues. [via]
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