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Death of Ian Hacking

Ian Hacking

Death of Ian Hacking, Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France, who held the Philosophy and History of Scientific Concepts Chair from 2000 to 2006.

The administrator, the faculty assembly and the entire Collège de France community are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Ian Hacking, Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France, who held the Chair of Philosophy and History of Scientific Concepts from 2000 to 2006. They pay tribute to a professor who profoundly marked the Collège de France through his immense erudition, his international influence and his ability to transcend divisions, a professor who worked successfully to bring together science and the humanities, epistemology and history.