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Hacking is known for bringing a historical approach to the philosophy of science and was one of the important members of the " Stanford School " in philosophy of science, a group that also included John Dupre , Nancy Cartwright , and Peter Galison . In 2001 he was appointed to the Chair of Philosophy and of the History of Scientific Concepts at the prestigious Collège De France , France's highest academic honour, at the time this made Hacking the only anglophone to have ever been appointed to a chair at the Collège, although in France he lectures in French , in which he recently made himself conversant, and therefore not a wholly idiosyncratic appointee. In 2002, he was awarded the first Killam Prize for the Humanities, Canada's most distinguished award for outstanding career achievements. In 2004, he was made a Companion of the Order Of Canada . SELECTED WORKS Hacking's works have been translated into several languages.
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