We favor hypotheses for their simplicity and explanatory po… - Ian Hacking

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We favor hypotheses for their simplicity and explanatory power, much as the architect of the world might have done in choosing which possibility to create.

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Ian Hacking CC, FRSC, FBA (February 18, 1936 – May 10, 2023) was a Canadian philosopher and professor of philosophy at the , specializing in philosophy of science. He was a member of the "Stanford School" in philosophy of science that included John Dupre, Nancy Cartwright, and Peter Galison. In his later work since 1990, his focus has shifted from the physical sciences to psychology, partly influenced by Michel Foucault as evidenced as early as The Emergence of Probability (1975).

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Alternative Names: Ian MacDougall Hacking

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