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PHILOSOPHER

Ian Hacking

1936 - 2023

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Ian MacDougall Hacking (February 18, 1936 – May 10, 2023) was a Canadian philosopher specializing in the philosophy of science. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Hacking has received more than 417,747 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ian Hacking is the 900th most popular philosopher (up from 914th in 2019), the 191st most popular biography from Canada (up from 206th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

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  • 51.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ian Hacking ranks 900 out of 1,081Before him are Tomáš Halík, Frederick Copleston, Abu Sulayman Sijistani, Arthur Oncken Lovejoy, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, and Porcia. After him are Leo Baeck, Boris Parygin, Cineas, Georges Florovsky, Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg, and Lon L. Fuller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Ian Hacking ranks 226Before him are Stella Stevens, Joe E. Tata, Antonio María Rouco Varela, Antonio Gades, Edvard Radzinsky, and Moacir Claudino Pinto. After him are Zdeněk Svěrák, Antonin Scalia, Ivonka Survilla, Knud Enemark Jensen, Michel Aumont, and Lars Gustafsson. Among people deceased in 2023, Ian Hacking ranks 160Before him are Richard Roundtree, María Kodama, Hugh Hudson, Earl Boen, Stella Stevens, and Torben Ulrich. After him are Walter Cunningham, Vera Krepkina, Ilya Kabakov, Bobby Hull, Ralph Boston, and Joss Ackland.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Ian Hacking ranks 191 out of 1,350Before him are Jean Béliveau (1931), David Johnston (1941), Oliver Platt (1960), René Lévesque (1922), Bret Hart (1957), and Alfred Aho (1941). After him are Gabrielle Roy (1909), Louis Nirenberg (1925), Barry Pepper (1970), Phil Hartman (1948), Harold Innis (1894), and Alanis Morissette (1974).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Canada

Among philosophers born in Canada, Ian Hacking ranks 4Before him are Marshall McLuhan (1911), Charles Taylor (1931), and Ian Stevenson (1918). After him are Patricia Churchland (1943), Northrop Frye (1912), G. A. Cohen (1941), Bernard Lonergan (1904), Leonard Peikoff (1933), Paul Churchland (1942), and Will Kymlicka (1962).