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Helen Elizabeth Longino was born in 1944 on July 13th unknown location
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She earned her bachelors degree in English Literature from Barnard College
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Helen earned her Masters Degree in philosophy from University f Sussex, England
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She received her PhD from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland under the mentorship of Peter Achinstein (also an American Philosopher) -
Taught at the University of California
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Taught at Mills College
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She writes her first book called "Science as Social Knowledge". She argued the relevance of social values being part of the human context of science if the scientific knowledge as objective.
Longino, H. E. (1990). Science as Social Knowledge: Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry. Princeton University Press. -
Taught at Rice University
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Taught at the University of Minnesota
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She writes her second book called "The Fate of Knowledge" where she explores the accounts of knowledge of philosophers and sociologists of science Longino, H. E. (2001). The Fate of Knowledge. Princeton University Press. -
Joined the Philosophy Department at Stanford University and was active in the women's liberation movement
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Served as a chair in the Philosophy Department
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Her most recent work is called "Studying Human Behavior: How Scientists Investigate Aggression and Sexuality" In this book she examines five scientific approaches to human aggression and sexuality of their epistemological frameworks and their pragmatic goals. Longino, H. E. (2013). Studying Human Behavior: How Scientists Investigate Aggression and Sexuality (Illustrated ed.). University of Chicago Press. -
Served as President of the Philosophy of Science Association
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She was Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences -
She was the first Vice President of the Division of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science