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Date(s)
- [ca.1980] - 2013 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
0.46m of textual records
959 digital files (93 MB)
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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 Subseries includes multiple chapters from the unpublished book Tradition of Natural Kinds and Why is there philosophy of mathematics at all?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 (Cambridge University Press, 2014), and unpublished projects Tradition of Natural Kinds and Making Up People.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.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Files are arranged in chronological order.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
1 file is restricted, please contact the University Archivist for additional information: B2016-0017/007(06)
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- French