Ian Hacking Books

The book explores the surge in diagnosed dissociative disorders, particularly multiple personality disorder (MPD), over the past twenty-five years, linking it to the prevalence of child sexual abuse. Philosopher Ian Hacking examines the moral and political implications of this epidemic, addressing the contentious debates around memory and the potential for false memories. Through this lens, he critically analyzes how society grapples with psychological trauma and the power dynamics involved in understanding and treating these complex issues.

This book combines detailed scientific historical research with characteristic philosophic breadth and verve.

Includes an introduction, contextualizing his book in light of developing philosophical trends.

Paul Feyerabend’s globally acclaimed work, which sparked and continues to stimulate fierce debate, examines the deficiencies of many widespread ideas about scientific progress and the nature of knowledge. Feyerabend argues that scientific advances can only be understood in a historical context. He looks at the way the philosophy of science has consistently overemphasized practice over method, and considers the possibility that anarchism could replace rationalism in the theory of knowledge. This updated edition of the classic text includes a new introduction by Ian Hacking, one of the most important contemporary philosophers of science. Hacking reflects on both Feyerabend’s life and personality as well as the broader significance of the book for current discussions.

Thomas S. Kuhn's classic book is now available with a new index. "A landmark in intellectual history which has attracted attention far beyond its own immediate field. . . . It is written with a combination of depth and clarity that make it an almost unbroken series of aphorisms. . . . Kuhn does not permit truth to be a criterion of scientific theories, he would presumably not claim his own theory to be true. But if causing a revolution is the hallmark of a superior paradigm, [this book] has been a resounding success." —Nicholas Wade, Science "Perhaps the best explanation of [the] process of discovery." —William Erwin Thompson, New York Times Book Review "Occasionally there emerges a book which has an influence far beyond its originally intended audience. . . . Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions . . . has clearly emerged as just such a work." —Ron Johnston, Times Higher Education Supplement "Among the most influential academic books in this century." — Choice One of "The Hundred Most Influential Books Since the Second World War," Times Literary Supplement

Often lost in the debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what is being constructed. Ian Hacking looks at the issue of child abuse, and examines the ways in which advanced research on new weapons influences not the content but the form of science. schovat popis

The Reader focuses on the practices of modern and contemporary science and technology located in different national and institutional settings, with some attention to non- Western contexts. By mapping some of the open questions and points of tension likely to occupy the field for years to come, the essays in the Reader cast fresh light on what "science" means at the end of the twentieth century.

Vor allem in den USA, zunehmend aber auch in Europa mehren sich die »Multiplen Persönlichkeiten«: Menschen, die in sich mehrere, meist ganz verschiedene Persönlichkeiten entdecken. Erwachsene sprechen plötzlich mit der Stimme von Kindern, wechseln zwischen Persönlichkeiten von verschiedenem Charakter, Geschlecht, sexueller Neigung und Alter. Als Ursache werden traumatische Erfahrungen in der Kindheit angesehen, fast immer solche sexuellen Mißbrauchs. Ian Hacking hat diese Epidemie Multipler Persönlichkeiten zum Ausgangspunkt seines Buches gemacht. Dabei beleuchtet er nicht nur den gesellschaftlichen Kontext, er stellt sich auch die Frage, warum die Erklärung der vielfältigen »Ichs« Multipler Persönlichkeiten durch den Mechanismus selektiven Erinnerns einen so zentralen Stellenwert bekommen konnte.

Ein Buch für Philosophen und Wissenschaftler, dessen erster Teil (»Darstellen«) die wesentlichen wissenschaftstheoretischen Grundlagen und Ansätze behandelt (Objektivität, Realismus, Positivismus, Pragmatismus u. a.). Der zweite Teil (»Eingreifen«) bietet eine Einführung in die philosophischen Probleme des Experiments und der Beobachtung mit vielen Fallbeispielen aus Physik, Biologie, Chemie. Es zeigt sich, daß Experiment und Theorie voneinander unabhängig sein können. Das hat Folgen für ein adäquates Verständnis des wissenschaftlichen Realismus.

Podtitul: Čo je a čo nie je sociálnou konštrukciou Jeden z najoriginálnejších súčasných filozofov vedy Ian Hacking v knihe rozoberá najzávažnejšie problémy v oblasti sociálnej konštrukcie reality. Ukazuje, že hoci od vydania priekopníckej knihy Petra I. Bergera a Thomasa Luckmana Sociálna konštrukcia reality (1966) uplynulo už takmer 40 rokov, dodnes nie je mnohým autorom – filozofom, sociológom, vedcom z rôznych odvetví – jasný ani len základný pojem. Hacking kritizuje najmä skutočnosť, že novú oblasť postihol údel viacerých pôvodne veľmi perspektívných myšlienok – stali sa módnymi, a tak sa ich zmocnili všetci, od odborníkov až po najväčších laikov. Výsledkom sú spory, ktoré sa niekedy označujú ako „kultúrne vojny“ či „vedecké vojny“. Kniha predstavuje súbor prednášok, ktoré mal autor po celom svete, tematicky ich spája reflexia vývinu názorov na problematiku sociálnej konštrukcie. Publikácia sa vyznačuje jasným výkladom, živým jazykom a nevšedným humorom.