Hellen

Helen Longino

By annabelleskyrojas

  • Helen Elizabeth Longino was born on July 13, 1944

    Helen Elizabeth Longino was born on July 13, 1944
    Helen is known for her literature and contributions to feminist epistemology and its relation to the philosophy of science. Her education includes a BA from Barnard college, a MA from University of Sussex, and she received her PhD from john Hopkins University. She is an advocate of a strong form of social epistemology or contextual empiricism.

  • Science as Social Knowledge: Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry

    Science as Social Knowledge: Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry
    One of Helen's more notable books was published in 1990 “Science as Social Knowledge: Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry”. This book emphasized the influence of social and cultural values in the structuring of knowledge. She discusses how assumptions saturated in preconceived notions can affect the description, presentation, and interpretation of information.

  • The Fate of Knowledge

    The Fate of Knowledge
    Longino writes her second book, “The Fate of Knowledge”, challenging other philosopher’s assumptions that social forces are a source of bias and irrational thinking. She argues that socialization helps secure firm, rationally based knowledge, integrating information processed in human interaction and logical conclusions.

  • Acknowledgements

    Acknowledgements
    In 2014 her book “Studying human behavior” was awarded best book in feminist philosophy by the Women’s Caucus of the Philosophy of Science Association In 2016 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honorable collection of artists and scientists. Helen currently is a professor of philosophy at Stanford University where she began teaching in 2005.
    Helen E. Longino
    University of Chicago Press, Jan 18, 2013