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Date of Birth
In Jacksonville, Florida, Helen Longino was born in the United States on July 13, 1944. Longino, Helen is the daughter of James Charles Junior and Helen I. (O'Brien) Longino. An American philosopher of science has argued the importance of values and social connections to scientific investigation. She has written extensively on women in science and is a critical feminist and social epistemology player. -
Barnard College
Longino graduated from Barnard College with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature in 1966. -
Masters Degree
Longino earned a Master of Arts degree from the University of Sussex in Brighton, England, in 1967. -
Doctorates Degree
Longino earned her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1973. -
Educator/Teachings
Longino professor at the University of California, San Diego from 1973 to 1975, Mills College from 1975 to 1990, Rice University from 1990 to 1995, and the University of Minnesota from 1995 to 2005. -
First Book
Science As Social Knowledge, Longino's first book, was published in 1990. The popular wisdom is that the sciences provide a pure, value-free manner of learning about the natural world when adequately pursued examining prenatal hormonal determination of "gender-role" behavior, sex variations in cognition, and sexual orientation, as well as hypotheses of human development. -
Second Book
Longino's second book, "The Fate of Knowledge," was published in 2002. The American Sociological Association awarded her book the Robert K. Merton Professional Award for the outstanding book in Science, Knowledge, and Technology. -
Third Book
The third book delves into the complexity of human behavioral research, a field still dominated by the age-old "nature vs. nurture" dispute. Longino focuses on how scientists study behavior, specifically sexual habits and aggression, and asks what can be learned about human behavior through empirical investigation, rather than supporting one side or replacing the dichotomy with a dissimilar framework for understanding behavior. -
American Academy of Arts and Science Award
She received a Doctorate honoris causa degree from the University of Turku School of Economics in 2016 and was also elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. -
Achievements
She received Women's Caucus of the Philosophy of Science Association awarded Longino the Best Book in Feminist Philosophy Prize for 2014. The Women's Caucus of the Philosophy of Science Association awarded Longino's book Studying Human Behavior (2013) the Best Book in Feminist Philosophy Prize for 2014. In 2018, she was inaugurated into the American Association for the Advancement of Science as a fellow. -
As of Today
At Stanford University, she is the Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy. Longino served as President of the Philosophy of Science Association for the last two years. Helen is still a Stanford professor. -
References
“Helen Longino.” Wikiwand, https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Helen_Longino#/References.
“Helen Longino.” Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/2656472.