The public debate about evolution itself, as opposed to whether to teach it, is something else. It is boring, demeaning, and insufferably dull. — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered. — Ian Hacking Copy Share
One ought to begin an analysis of power from the ground up, at the level of tiny local events where battles are unwittingly enacted… — Ian Hacking Copy Share
It is possible to argue that our present conception of revolution was staked out more securely in science than in political action. — Ian Hacking Copy Share
Why should there be the method of science? There is not just one way to build a house, or even to grow tomatoes. We… — Ian Hacking Copy Share
Risk analysis can cater to any sort of hazard, but their profession owes its existence to a relatively narrow band of possible dangers. — Ian Hacking Copy Share
It is so hard to make important decisions that we have a great urge to reduce them to rules. — Ian Hacking Copy Share
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,… — Ian Hacking Copy Share
As a political metaphor, a revolution could, in that sense, mean only a return to better times, or to the true constitution: a ridding… — Ian Hacking Copy Share
“Labels such as ‘‘the culture wars,’’ ‘‘the science wars,’’ or ‘‘the Freud wars’’ are now widely used to refer to some of the disagreements… — Ian Hacking Copy Share
There are two ways in which a science develops; in response to problems which is itself creates, and in response to problems that are… — Ian Hacking Copy Share
From any vocabulary of ideas we can build other ideas by formal combinations of signs. But not any set of ideas will be instructive.… — Ian Hacking Copy Share
