Analysis Quote by 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.”

Ian Hacking

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The best reaction to a paradox is to invent a genuinely new and deep idea.

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Probability fractions arise from our knowledge and from our ignorance.

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Opinion is the companion of probability within the medieval epistemology.

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It is so hard to make important decisions that we have a great urge to reduce them to rules.

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In each case you settle on an act. Doing nothing at all counts as an act.

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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,…

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