Acceptance means commitment, among other things.
Molecular biology has routinely taken problematic things under its wing without altering core ideas. - Ian Hacking
Molecular biology has routinely taken problematic things under its wing without altering core ideas.
- Ian Hacking
The bad player is the one who tries to calculate and play with the odds, as if his game, his life, were one of a large number of games. To do so is a… - Ian Hacking
The bad player is the one who tries to calculate and play with the odds, as if his game, his life, were one of a large number of games. To do so is a…
Statistics began as the systematic study of quantitative facts about the state. - Ian Hacking
Statistics began as the systematic study of quantitative facts about the state.
Probability fractions arise from our knowledge and from our ignorance. - Ian Hacking
Probability fractions arise from our knowledge and from our ignorance.
There are two ways in which a science develops; in response to problems which is itself creates, and in response to problems that are forced on it fr… - Ian Hacking
There are two ways in which a science develops; in response to problems which is itself creates, and in response to problems that are forced on it fr…
Acceptance means commitment, among other things. - Ian Hacking
A single observation that is inconsistent with some generalization points to the falsehood of the generalization, and thereby 'points to itself'. - Ian Hacking
A single observation that is inconsistent with some generalization points to the falsehood of the generalization, and thereby 'points to itself'.
The best reaction to a paradox is to invent a genuinely new and deep idea. - Ian Hacking
The best reaction to a paradox is to invent a genuinely new and deep idea.
The final arbitrator in philosophy is not how we think but what we do. - Ian Hacking
The final arbitrator in philosophy is not how we think but what we do.
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