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Born on July 13, 1944 Helen Longino was born in the United States.
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In 1966 Helen Longino graduated from Barnard College with her B.A. in English literature.
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In the year of 1967 Helen Longino received her M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Sussex, England.
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Lastly for education Helen Longino receive her PhD, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland in 1973.
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Helen Longino began to teach at the University of San Diego from (1973-1975). She then moved on to Mills College from (1975-1990), very quickly Helen did not stop there and began teaching at Rice University from (1990-1995). Lastly, as a professor she taught at the University of Minnesota from (1995-2005).
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In 1990 Helen Longino published her first book, Science as Social Knowledge. The book states the values and relevance of social values. In all, the book helps the relevance that data taken by scientist is not actual evidence for a particular hypotheses. She argues that with belief and assumptions there should be some sort of value with a hypotheses.
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In 2002 Helen Longino’s book The Fate of Knowledge received the Robert K. Merton Award for best book from science, technology, and knowledge of the American Sociological Association. The Book’s premise is how social forces influences constructing scientific knowledge. The book also helps explains how social interactions assist in finding firm and rationally based knowledge.
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Helen didn’t stop after receiving the Robert K. Merton. In 2014 Helen received the Best Book in Feminist Philosophy Prize by the Women's Caucus of the Philosophy of Science Association. The book that earned that award was Studying Human Behavior.