Ian Hacking
Ian Hacking awarded the Holberg Prize 2009
H.R.H Crown Princess Mette-Marit Awards the Holberg International Memorial Prize 2009 to Ian Hacking. minnepris 2009 til Ian Hacking. Photo: Marit Hommedal/Holberg Prize
- We had to find out how to find out. That is a series of cultural discoveries in historical time. But it is not only the history of civilizations. People had to have various sorts of latent abilities that they learned how to use. Finding out how to find out is an intricate interplay between innate faculties and human history. It has had more impact on our planet than anything else we have done.
6. October - 17. November: Lectures on Ian Hackings work
The Taming of Chance is one of Ian Hacking's books that will be discussed in a series of lectures by The Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities at the University of Bergen.
Time: Tuesdays 14:15-16:00 (from 6. October to 17. November)
Location: Ida Bloms hus, Allégaten 34, 2nd floor
The lectures will be held in Norwegian only
Ian Hacking at the House of Literature in Oslo
Location: Litteraturhuset in Oslo, Wergelandsveien 29, 0176 Oslo
Thursday November 26. kl 1700.
Home page Litteraturhuset
More information coming soon.