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Education
Helen Longino studied at Barnard College in New York City where she earned her B.A. in English literature. From there she earned an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Sussex in England in 1967. She continued on with her education and earned her PhD from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. -
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Career
Helen Longino worked as a professor and was a large part of the women's liberation movement. She also established women's studies at the universities in which she taught. Throughout her career, she argued for the significance of values and social interactions to scientific inquiry. Helen was able to bring attention to the subtle forms of discrimination against women while she was chair of the American Philosophical Association's Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession. -
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Philosophies
Helen often wrote about the roles of women in science. She would examine the implications of feminism and epistemologies on scientific pluralism. Scientific pluralism is described as the view that some phenomena require multiple accounts or perspectives. She argued the relevance of social values to justify scientific knowledge as objective. (Science as Social Knowledge 1990). Her next book explores the reconciliation attempts in regards to the knowledge of scientists and philosophers of science. -
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Recognition
Helen received awards for her writings. These awards included the Robert K. Merton award for best book from the Section for Science, Knowledge, and Technology of the American Sociological Association. Best Book in Feminist Philosophy Prize for 2014 by the Women's Caucus of the Philosophy of Science Association.She was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2018. -
References
"An interview with Helen Longina". The Dualist. University of Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science. September 2003. Longino, Helen (2016). "The Social Dimensions of Scientific Knowledge". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Wray, K. Brad (1998). "Defending Longino's Social Epistemology". Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, in Boston, Massachusetts from August 10-15, 1998.