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Helen Longino was born on July 13, 1944, in Jacksonville, Florida, in the United States. -
She acquired her B.A. in English Lit from Barnard College in New York City.
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Longino received her M.A. from the University of Sussex in England.
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She obtained her Ph.D. from John Hopkins University in Baltimore.
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Helen taught at the University of California, San Diego.
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Helen started teaching at Mills College in Oakland, California.
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Helen taught at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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Helen published Science as Social Knowledge in 1990. Longino emphasized the significance of social values in the justification of scientific knowledge as being objective. She asserts that scientific observations and data on their own do not serve as definitive evidence for or against any particular hypotheses. The determination of the relevancy of specific data to a given hypothesis is contingent upon human beliefs and assumptions about the types of data that can support different hypotheses. -
She taught at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Helen teaches at Stanford University and is the Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy in Stanford, California. -
Longino delves into the nuances of research on human behavior, a domain is still characterized by the enduring discourse on the interplay between "nature" and "nurture." She critically examines the underlying assumptions, questions, and methodologies of these disciplines, including quantitative behavioral genetics, molecular behavior genetics, developmental psychology, neurophysiology and anatomy, and social/environmental methods. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XysYymrh7IE -
In 2016, Helen was elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. "Helen Longino's research is working to develop a new approach to the role of values and socio-political context in science from a feminist perspective. She argues that socio-political values are centrally important and that properly acknowledging their importance enhances rather than detracts from scientific objectivity." -
Helen was elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. -
"Helen E. Longino." American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2023, https://www.amacad.org/person/helen-e-longino