Ian Hacking, C.C., FRSC

Ian Hacking is University Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Previously, he served as Professor of History and Philosophy of Scientific Concepts at the Collège de France from 2001 to 2006.

Professor Hacking has had a lengthy and distinguished career including posts at the University of British Columbia, Cambridge University, Stanford University and the University of Toronto. He is widely recognized for his pioneering interdisciplinary scholarship, and is the author of many significant books including, Rewriting the Soul, Mad Travelers, The Social Construction of What and The Taming of Chance; the latter was named by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of the 20th century. His research, writing, and teaching range across the philosophy of science, the logic and history of statistics and probability, the history of philosophy, and the philosophy of language. In addition, he has published work on physics, autism, race, free will, and obesity.

Professor Hacking was awarded the 2001 Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize, the 2002 Killam Prize for the Humanities, the 2008 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s Gold Medal for Achievement in Research, and the 2009 Holberg International Memorial Prize. He is a companion of the Order of Canada and a celebrated fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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