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Helen Longino's Life

  • Birth

    Birth
    James Charles Jr and Helen I. Longino gave birth to Helen E. Longino in Baltimore, MD.
  • First step in Secondary education

    First step in Secondary education
    Helen received her Bachelor's Degree in English Literature from Barnard College in Manhattan.
  • Continuing Education in the UK

    Continuing Education in the UK
    Helen pursued her Master of Arts in Philosophy in the United Kingdom. She attended the University of Sussex in Brighton and received her Masters Degree with her thesis, “Tarski's Semantic Theory of Truth”.
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    UC San Diego

    Dr. Longino accepts a position as Assistant Professor of Philosophy at UC San Diego in California.
  • PhD

    PhD
    Helen continued her education back in the United States. She attended Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD where she was awarded her Doctorate of Philosophy in Philosophy with her dissertation titled"Inference and Scientific Discovery"
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    Mills College

    Dr. Longino accepts the position of Associate Professor at Mills College in Oakland, CA before becoming an Assistant Professor of Philosophy.
  • First Book

    First Book
    Dr. Longino published "Science as Social Knowledge: Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry." The book argues that values do not make science arbitrary and develops a model of scientific objectivity. It received the Robert K. Merton Professional Award for best book from the Section for Science, Knowledge, and Technology of the American Sociological Association.
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    Rice University

    Dr. Longino becomes an Associate Professor of Philosophy before becoming the Professor of Philosophy at Rice University in Houston.
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    University of Minnesota

    Dr. Tongino becomes the Professor of Philosophy and of Women’s Studies at the University of Minnesota.
  • Second Book

    Second Book
    Dr. Longino's second book "The Fate of Knowledge" was published. It argues that science is influenced by society and politics. It won the Robert K. Merton Professional Award for the best book.
  • Stanford University

    Stanford University
    Dr. Tongino becomes the Professor of Philosophy at Standford University. She continues to teach at the university as a professor emerita.
  • Third Book

    Third Book
    Dr. Longino published "Studying Human Behavior: How Scientists Investigate Aggression and Sexuality". In the book Dr. Longino argues that there is no one way to study human behavior. Each way we study human behavior, helps us understand it better.
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    President

    Dr. Longino was elected President of Philosophy of Science Association.
  • Most Recent Work

    Most Recent Work
    Dr. Longino continues to write and her most recently published essay "What's Social About Social Epistemology?" was published in the Journal of Philosophy 119.
  • Her Work, Recognized

    Her Work, Recognized
    Dr. Longino was awarded the Carl G. Hempel Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Philosophy of Science Association for her achievements in the field of philosophy.