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Ian Hacking

Ian Hacking was a Canadian philosopher of science known for his work on the history and philosophy of scientific concepts, including 'styles of scientific reasoning' and the social construction of categories. He taught at Stanford, Cambridge, and the University of Toronto, and authored influential books such as 'The Emergence of Probability' and 'The Social Construction of What?'.

Vancouver, Canada Feb 18, 1936 Wikipedia
Philosophy Science Studies
The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference (Cambridge Series on Statistical And Probabilistic Mathematics)
The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference (Cambridge Series on Statistical And Probabilistic Mathematics)
2006