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The Career of Helen Longino
Helen Longino is a feminist and professor of philosophy currently teaching at Stanford University. She is predominantly known for her character of work that can be described as feminist empiricism. Her ideas on feminist epistemology and feminist science studies in the 90's are what helped usher in the values of social interactions and scientific inquiry in relation to the role of women. She began teaching at the University of California in San Diego in 1973.
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The Publishing of Science as Social Knowledge: Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry
In her first published text, Longino argues that objectivity in science is more of a social construct and is necessary when it comes to interactions in community. She goes on to elaborate that the social nature of science goes to the core of scientific practice not only in initially discovery but also in justification which determines the viability of a theory. Longino also asserts that scientific knowledge contains background assumptions that play significant roles in decision-making. -
Publishing of The Fate of Knowledge
In this publishing, Longino elaborates on the beginning stages of her work in her first work by challenges the assumption that social nature of science is a source of bias and irrationality by arguing that social interaction actually assists in securing and supporting the objectivity in science. Through the criticism of those with diverse perspectives, hypotheses become knowledge. Longino suggests open dialogue amongst members of the scientific community support scientific knowledge. -
Studying Human Behavior- A Debate of "Nature vs. Nurture"
In this text, Longino analyzes human behavior in accordance with how scientists would observe human behavior through empirical investigation.