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Helen Elizabeth Longino was born on July 13, 944
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Longino attends Barnard College
She receives her b.A degree in English literature -
Longino attend University of Sussexx in England
She receives her M.A. in philosophy. -
Longino attends John's Hopkins in Balitmore, Maryland
She receives her PH.D. -
Enlightening the future
Longino taught the University of California -
Spreading Knowledge
Longino continues to teach at Mills University -
Science as Social Knowledge
Longino writes her first book, showing the importance of social values which is important with the correlation of humans and science, with the validation of scientific information. She seems to try to open dialogue "between methodologists and social critics of the sciences," she develops this concept of "contextual empiricism" which gets backlass from feminist. This book examine gender role behavior are related to social values. -
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Longino Career
She then teaches at University of MInnesota -
Longino Explores
Longino writes her second book , The Fate of Knowledge this book attempts to resolve the battle and debate among philosophers of science and sociologist of science about the “role of social forces in constructing scientific knowledge.” -
Joining the Department
She finally joins the philosophy department of Stanford University -
Longino keeps the knowledge flowing
With Longino's third book Studying Human Behavior: How Scientists Investigate Aggression and Sexuality , where she tries to answer the age old question "nature vs nurture" but she doesn't take the normal approach. Instead she comes up with these five approaches to behavior: "quantitative behavioral genetics, molecular behavior genetics, developmental psychology, neurophysiology and anatomy, and social/environmental methods." She concludes that there isn't one way to skin a cat, basically. -
Bibliography
Helen E. Longino
University of Chicago Press, Jan 18, 2013 -
