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Ian Hacking teaches philosophy at the University of Toronto. From 2000 to 2006 Hacking held the chair of Philosophy and History of Scientific Concepts at the Collège de France. His most recent book is Historical Ontology.
Minding the Brain
Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain
by Antonio Damasio
June 24, 2004 issue
Our Fellow Animals
The Lives of Animals
by J.M. Coetzee
Ethics into Action: Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement
by Peter Singer
June 29, 2000 issue
Mind Over Matter
Mesmerized: Powers of Mind in Victorian Britain
by Alison Winter
March 18, 1999 issue
When the Atom Broke Down
Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World
by Abraham Pais
February 26, 1987 issue
Where Does Math Come From?
The Nature of Mathematical Knowledge
by Philip Kitcher
February 16, 1984 issue
Kiss and Don’t Tell
Secrets: On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation
by Sissela Bok
March 31, 1983 issue
Twilight of Authority
Prejudices: A Philosophical Dictionary
by Robert Nisbet
February 17, 1983 issue
Why Are You Scared?
Risk and Culture: An Essay on the Selection of Technical and Environmental Dangers
by Mary Douglas and Aaron Wildavsky
Acceptable Risk
by Baruch Fischhoff and Sarah Lichtenstein and Paul Slovic and Steven L. Derby and Ralph L. Keeney
September 23, 1982 issue
Is Locke the Key?
From Locke to Saussure: Essays on the Study of Language and Intellectual History
by Hans Aarsleff
June 10, 1982 issue
Wittgenstein the Psychologist
Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology
by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Volume I edited by G.E.M. Anscombe, and G.H. von Wright, translated by G.E.M. Anscombe, Volume II edited by G.H. von Wright, and Heikki Nyman, translated by C.G. Luckhardt and M.A.E. Aue
April 1, 1982 issue
The Archaeology of Foucault
Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977
by Michel Foucault, edited by Colin Gordon, translated by Colin Gordon and Leo Marshall and John Mepham and Kate Soper
May 14, 1981 issue
Chomsky and His Critics
Rules and Representations
by Noam Chomsky
Language and Learning: The Debate between Jean Piaget and Noam Chomsky
edited by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini
October 23, 1980 issue
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