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Received her Bachelor's degree in English Literature in 1966 from Bernard College
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Received her MA in Philosophy in 1967 from Sussex University
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Received her PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1973. Her dissertation dealt with "Inference and Scientific Discovery"
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Her first book, Science as Social Knowledge, dealt with issues pertaining to how social values play a role in scientific research. Her goal in the book was stated as looking at how knowledge of the relationship between science and society should affect the philosophy of science. Longino, Helen E. Science as Social Knowledge: Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry. Princeton University Press, 1990.
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In an article published in "The Monist" in 1994 Longino addressed the issue of sexism in science. One of the main points of the article was that many items of scientific knowledge are based in male ideas. She also poses the question, "Can know the world without hating any human group?" Longino, Helen, In Search of Feminist Epistemology, The Monist, Volume 77, Issue 4, 1 October 1994, Pages 472–485, https://doi.org/10.5840/monist199477428
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In "The Fate of Knowledge," Longino built on the ideas from her first book. She weighed in on the debate between scientific philosophers, who tended to downplay the effects of society on science, and sociologists, who tended to believe that science is highly influenced by society. She argued, somewhat in the middle ground, that social interaction exists but is necessary for rationally based knowledge. Longino, Helen E. The Fate of Knowledge. Princeton University Press, 2002.
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Served as Vice President of the Philosophy of Science Association
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In her book "Studying Human Behavior," She looks at the methods used in researching human sexual behaviors and aggression. She asks the question of what can we actually learn about behavior through empirical investigation. She concludes that there is no sigle effective method, but they all contribute to our knowledge as a whole. Longino, Helen E. Studying Human Behavior: How Scientists Investigate Aggression and Sexuality. University of Chicago Press, 2013.
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Served as President of the Philosophy of Science Association
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Awarded Doctor Honoris Causa from the Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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First Vice President of the Division of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy with the International Union of Historical and Philosophical Science
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This video is a 2016 speech that addresses the scale of research and its effects in relation to her two areas of expertise: Epistemology and Social Research. TINT Centre for Philosophy of Social Science. “ENPOSS 2016: Helen Longino - Scale Matters in Epistemology and in Social Analysis.” YouTube, TINT Centre for Philosophy of Social Science, 1 Sept. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcvSPithqGA.
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Awarded Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Turku School of Economics in Finland
