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University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services (UTARMS) Ian Hacking fonds
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Ian Hacking fonds

  • UTA 1339
  • Fonds
  • 1854-2015 [predominant 1980-2010]

Fonds consists of records documenting the professional and personal life of analytic philosopher and professor, Ian Hacking. Records primarily focus on the academic and publishing activity of Hacking from the early 1980s to 2010. The material reflects the broad and diverse interests of Hacking in his work, as well as his exchange with scholars in diverse fields. Records include correspondence, manuscripts and drafts of written works, reprints, lecture notes, and extensive subject files. Additionally, correspondence, press clippings, and photographs chronicle Hacking’s professional and academic achievements.

Fonds also documents aspects of Hacking’s personal and family life. These include his diaries and notebooks, birth and marriage certificates, drawings by his children, family snapshots, as well as correspondence, photographs, and copies of records from the Hacking and MacDougall families.

See series and subseries descriptions for additional information.

Hacking, Ian

Personal and biographical

Series consists of textual records and graphic material documenting Ian Hacking’s personal life and career, with eight files related to the histories of both the Hacking and MacDougall families. Records include a passport, birth and marriage certificates, family snapshots, drawings by his children, as well as correspondence detailing financial contributions made to various charities and initiatives. Hacking’s professional and academic activity is reflected in written and photographic documentation of awards and honours received, including the Killam Prize for the Humanities, the Companion to the Order of Canada, and the Holberg International Memorial Prize. Also included in the series is an autobiographical document written by Hacking detailing the orientation of his research.

Digital files consist of files documenting his personal life and family [“BUSYNESS”], a folder of biographical information and curriculum vitae, further documentation about the Holberg Prize, and drafts of writings by Judith Baker titled “Trust and Commitment” and “Some Aspects of Reasons and Rationality”.

Research and subject files

Series consists of research material and correspondence with colleagues and scholars collected by Hacking in the course of his academic activity. Records included are predominantly reprints, though also include press clippings, emails, written correspondence, transparencies, and notebooks. Material is grouped by subject as well as author.

Subject matter encompasses a broad range of topics including the history of mathematics, physics (in particular, Bose-Einstein condensates), genetics, classification and taxonomies, porphyrian trees, medieval illustration, autism, body augmentation, suicide terrorism, and psychoanalysis. Authors represented include Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hilary Putnam, Saul Kripke, Willard Van Orman Quine, Michel Foucault, Lorraine Daston, Peter Galison, Bruno Latour, and Noam Chomsky. Correspondence included within the research files is noted in the file title within square brackets. Additional content such as partial manuscripts and correspondence can be found on the verso of records as Hacking frequently reused paper.

Lectures, talks, and conferences

Series consists of records documenting lectures and presentations given by Hacking as both a lecturer and invited speaker. Records consist of primarily lecture notes and drafts from the 2000s, however series also includes records from early in Hacking’s career and those for the Tarner Lectures at Cambridge University. Subjects of the presentations include autism, the body and corporeality, ultracold atoms, mathematical proof and reasoning.

Reviews of I. Hacking's publications

Subseries consists of records collected by Hacking and his publishers which review his own publications. Material is predominantly press clippings, with some reprints and correspondence. If correspondence is included in a file it is noted in the file title within square brackets.

Articles

Sub-series consists of reprints and digital drafts of articles written by Hacking. Records span his early career to the 2000s and cover topics including statistics, logic, categorization, natural kinds, psychological trauma and disease.

Manuscripts and drafts

Subseries consists of manuscripts and drafts of Hacking’s writing. Records span Hacking’s career and reflection on topics that include natural kinds, categorization, logic, reasoning, and the philosophy of mathematics. Subseries includes multiple chapters from the unpublished book Tradition of Natural Kinds and Why is there philosophy of mathematics at all? (2013). Some files include correspondence, which is indicated in the file title within square brackets.

Digital files consist of drafts, research notes and proofs for his book, Why is there philosophy of mathematics at all? (Cambridge University Press, 2014), and unpublished projects Tradition of Natural Kinds and Making Up People. Also included is a folder titled “CURRENT SMALL PROJECTS” which includes an assortment of draft writing.

Publishing agreements and correspondence

Sub-series consists of records documenting communications and agreements with publishers of Hacking’s various publications. Records include contracts, memorandum, correspondence, and royalty statements.

Reviews

Sub-series consists of reprints and digital drafts of reviews written by Hacking. The subject of the reviews focus largely on the philosophy of science, logic, and objectivity.

Notebooks, diaries, and day planners

Series consists of diaries, day planners, and notebooks that document the daily activities and reflections of Ian Hacking at various points in his adult life. The early diaries record aspects of his relationship with Judith Baker and as well as his former marriages.

Correspondence

Series consists of personal and professional correspondence between Ian Hacking and various individuals, including academic colleagues, students, publishers, friends, and family. The records document Ian Hacking’s relationships with both scholars, many of whom provide feedback on his writing, and with administrators. One file includes letters of recommendation for a lectureship at Cambridge University. Personal correspondence includes letters, greeting and postcards. Digital files consist primarily of correspondence in Word files, likely drafts of emails, from 2008-2009.

Writing and publishing

Series consists of records related to I. Hacking’s publishing activity and is divided into the following sub-series:
5.1: Reviews
5.2: Publishing agreements and correspondence
5.3 Manuscripts and drafts
5.4 Articles
5.5 Reviews of I. Hacking’s publications

Material includes reprints of articles and reviews written by Dr. Hacking in addition to press clippings that provide commentary on his work. Also included within the series are correspondence and publishing agreements. The subject matter reflected in the series broadly covers the philosophy of science and mathematics, natural kinds and categorization, rhetoric, logic, psychiatric disorders and trauma.

Pyschoessences

File includes correspondence received from Paul Whittle

Bodeg

File includes correspondence and publication on the breeding of dogs

Poverty

File includes correspondence

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