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> [The walking wounded, impaired in life and dissected in death, were our primary clues to where and how parts of the brain work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hacking/the-walking-wounded-impaired-in-life-and-dissected-in-death-were-our/)

[Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-hacking/)

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## More by Ian Hacking

> [The best reaction to a paradox is to invent a genuinely new and deep idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hacking/the-best-reaction-to-a-paradox-is-to-invent-a-genuinely-new-and-deep/)

[Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-hacking/)

> [One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hacking/one-of-the-things-kuhn-said-about-normal-science-is-that-people/)

[Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-hacking/)

> [Probability fractions arise from our knowledge and from our ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hacking/probability-fractions-arise-from-our-knowledge-and-from-our-ignorance/)

[Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-hacking/)

> [One ought to begin an analysis of power from the ground up, at the level of tiny local events where battles are unwittingly enacted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hacking/one-ought-to-begin-an-analysis-of-power-from-the-ground-up-at-the/)

[Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-hacking/)

> [It is possible to argue that our present conception of revolution was staked out more securely in science than in political action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hacking/it-is-possible-to-argue-that-our-present-conception-of-revolution-was/)

[Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-hacking/)

> [Why should there be the method of science? There is not just one way to build a house, or even to grow tomatoes. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hacking/why-should-there-be-the-method-of-science-there-is-not-just-one-way/)

[Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-hacking/)

> [Opinion is the companion of probability within the medieval epistemology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hacking/opinion-is-the-companion-of-probability-within-the-medieval/)

[Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-hacking/)

> [Risk analysis can cater to any sort of hazard, but their profession owes its existence to a relatively narrow band of possible dangers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hacking/risk-analysis-can-cater-to-any-sort-of-hazard-but-their-profession/)

[Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-hacking/)

> [It is so hard to make important decisions that we have a great urge to reduce them to rules.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hacking/it-is-so-hard-to-make-important-decisions-that-we-have-a-great-urge/)

[Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-hacking/)

> [In each case you settle on an act. Doing nothing at all counts as an act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hacking/in-each-case-you-settle-on-an-act-doing-nothing-at-all-counts-as-an/)

[Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-hacking/)

> [I think it's unfortunate when people say that there is just one true story of science. For one thing, there are many different sciences,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hacking/i-think-it-s-unfortunate-when-people-say-that-there-is-just-one-true/)

[Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-hacking/)

> [As a political metaphor, a revolution could, in that sense, mean only a return to better times, or to the true constitution: a ridding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hacking/as-a-political-metaphor-a-revolution-could-in-that-sense-mean-only-a/)

[Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-hacking/)

> [“Labels such as ‘‘the culture wars,’’ ‘‘the science wars,’’ or ‘‘the Freud wars’’ are now widely used to refer to some of the disagreements…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hacking/labels-such-as-the-culture-wars-the-science-wars-or-the-freud-wars/)

[Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hacking/there-are-two-ways-in-which-a-science-develops-in-response-to/)

[Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-hacking/)

> [From any vocabulary of ideas we can build other ideas by formal combinations of signs. But not any set of ideas will be instructive.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hacking/from-any-vocabulary-of-ideas-we-can-build-other-ideas-by-formal/)

[Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-hacking/)

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