Ian Hacking
Philosopher of science and professor at the University of Toronto known for work on the history and philosophy of statistics and the concept of normality, discussing how classifications affect people and 'making up people.'
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Jan 19, 2019 • 0sec
Modes of Thought Part Four
Ian Hacking, philosopher of science known for work on statistics and normality, and Scott Atran, cognitive anthropologist studying folk taxonomy, discuss how human minds form innate taxonomies and how scientific classification diverges from common sense. They explore the feedback between social labels and behavior, the rise of statistical normality, and how classifications reshape identities and reasoning.
