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Born
Helen Longino was born July 13, 1944. Longino is a philosopher of science and has contributed to social epistemology and feminist philosophy. -
Science as Social Knowledge
Longino's first book argues that theories are not capable of complete objectivity and creates the concept "contextual empiricism" which creates the understanding that science is social rather than an individual process. Hypotheses should be subjected to scrutiny from diverse prospectives. Longino, Helen E. Science As Social Knowledge: Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 1990. -
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
In 2016, Longino was accepted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a highly recognized society and independent policy research center. https://www.amacad.org/content/members/members.aspx?z=9 -
Currently
Longino recently completed her term as President of the Philosophy of Science Association and is currently the Clarence Irving Lewis Professor in Phillosophy at Stanford University. https://profiles.stanford.edu/helen-longino
