Helen Longino - defender of sociology's effect on science; professor of philosophy; feminist and women's rights activist
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Birth
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Education (BA)
Received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College "Helen Longino's Profile | Stanford Profiles". Profiles.Stanford.Edu, 2020, https://profiles.stanford.edu/helen-longino. -
Education (MA)
Received Master of Arts in Philosophy from Sussex University "Helen Longino's Profile | Stanford Profiles". Profiles.Stanford.Edu, 2020, https://profiles.stanford.edu/helen-longino. -
Education (PhD)
Received Doctorates from Johns Hopkins University, her dissertation was on Inference and Scientific Discovery. "Helen Longino's Profile | Stanford Profiles". Profiles.Stanford.Edu, 2020, https://profiles.stanford.edu/helen-longino. -
Science as Social Knowledge: Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry
Wrote Science as Social Knowledge: Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry, which was published by Princeton press. Helen writes about "how assumptions laden with social values affect the description, presentation" - Princeton University Press "Science As Social Knowledge". Press.Princeton.Edu, 2020, https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691020518/science-as-social-knowledge. Accessed 10 May 2020. -
The Fate of Knowledge
Helen writes about social forces in science and
"argu[es] that social interaction actually assists us in securing firm, rationally based knowledge." -Princeton Press "The Fate of Knowledge". Press.Princeton.Edu, 2020, https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691088761/the-fate-of-knowledge. Accessed 10 May 2020. -
Studying Human Behavior
Helen writes about "the complexities of human behavioral research" - University of Chicago Press "Studying Human Behavior". University Of Chicago Press, 2012, https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo13025491.html. Accessed 9 May 2020. -
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Professional Organizations I
Helen served as the President for the Philosophy of Science Association "Helen Longino's Profile | Stanford Profiles". Profiles.Stanford.Edu, 2020, https://profiles.stanford.edu/helen-longino. -
Stanford
Began teaching at Stanford as the C. I. Lewis Professor in Philosophy. "Helen Longino's Profile | Stanford Profiles". Profiles.Stanford.Edu, 2020, https://profiles.stanford.edu/helen-longino. -
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Professional Organizations II
Helen served and is continuing to serve as First Vice President for the Division of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy for the International Union HPS "Helen Longino's Profile | Stanford Profiles". Profiles.Stanford.Edu, 2020, https://profiles.stanford.edu/helen-longino.