Ian Hacking

Ian Hacking CC FRSC FBA
Hacking in 2009
Born	(1936-02-18)February 18, 1936 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died	May 10, 2023(2023-05-10) (aged 87) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	University of British Columbia Trinity College, Cambridge
Spouses	Laura Anne Leach ​ (divorced)​ Nancy Cartwright ​ (divorced)​ Judith Baker ​ (died 2014)​
Children	3
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy
Doctoral advisor	Casimir Lewy
Doctoral students	David Papineau
Main interests	Philosophy of science Philosophy of statistics
Notable ideas	Entity realism Historical ontology (transcendental nominalism)

Ian MacDougall Hacking CC FRSC FBA (February 18, 1936 – May 10, 2023) was a Canadian philosopher specializing in the philosophy of science. Throughout his career, he won numerous awards, such as the Killam Prize for the Humanities and the Balzan Prize, and was a member of many prestigious groups, including the Order of Canada, the Royal Society of Canada and the British Academy.