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Helen Longino
Born July 13, 1944 -
Science as Social Knowledge
Longino’s first book, “Science as Social Knowledge”, she claims that a valid scientific knowledge is influenced by the facts (objectivity) and not by personal values and biases of researchers. She argues that science is socially constructed. Scientific knowledge is pursued by people to determine the fact and understand the world we live in based on their observations and experiments. [Longino, H. (1990). Science as Social Knowledge. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press]. -
Helen Longino
Dr. Longino received the Robert K. Merton Professional Award for her book, “The Fate of Knowledge”, from the American Sociological Association. -
The Fate of Knowledge
Longino disputes that the rational/cognitive and the social are mutually exclusive. If we assume culture diversity is cultureless, then we are discriminating against people of color. This contributes to reject rationality as people developed through diverse cultural context. She also argues that there are different possible ways (pluralism) we do research to discover about things in the universe. [Longino, H. (2002). The Fate of Knowledge. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press]. -
Studying Human Behavior
Longino focuses on ideas and concepts of how human behavior can be conducted through observation methodology and research in a natural setting. She highlights different approaches that have a significant influence on human behavior, for example, behavioral genetics, developmental psychology, and social and physical environment. [Longino, H. (2013). Studying Human Behavior: How Scientists Investigate Aggression and Sexuality. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press]. -
Awarded the Best Book
Longino's book "Studying Human Behavior: How Scientists Investigate Aggression and Sexuality" (2013) was awarded the Best Book in Feminist Philosophy Prize for 2014 by the Women's Caucus of the Philosophy of Science Association -
Helen Longino
Dr. Longino was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. -
A Fellow of the AAAS
Dr. Longino was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science -
Epistemologist and Philosopher of Science
Dr. Longino's major contribution to the Science of Philosophy and Epistemology was ground shaking in that it changed the views of how and by whom science was worded or framed. Longino pointed out the lack of diversity regarding who does the wording and framing of the Science of Philosophy and Epistemology.
Longino supported the notion that “knowledge cannot be value-free and that it always reflects the interests of the knower".
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