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Helen Longino ~ (1944-Present)
Helen Elizabeth Longino was born on July 13, 1944, in Jacksonville Florida. Daughter of James Charles Junior and Helen I. (O'Brien) Longino. She received her master’s in Philosophy at the age of 23, and her doctor of philosophy at the age of 29 in 1973. Her primary work is in the field of philosophy of science, social epistemology, and feminist philosophy. She has published three books, all of which have changed the way philosophy is viewed. -
Helen Longino ~ (1944 - Present)
Married Valerie Miner on March 18th, 1981. Most brilliant minds are brought to light due to an innovative shift in their life. Great works and perseverance are not something that is easily done alone. Cheers to marriage, and the struggles that are paved in between. Her sexuality mixed with her philosophical views in idealisms added to the foundation of universalism. -
Helen Longino ~ (1944 - Present)
“Science As a Social Knowledge” is published in 1990. She proposes that the objectivity of scientific inquiry can nevertheless be maintained by understanding scientific inquiry as a social rather than an individual process. Other focal points of the book are concepts such as “gender-role” behavior and “sex-differentiated” behavior. This was her first published book. -
Helen Longino ~ (1944 - Present)
“The Fate of Knowledge” is published in 2002. This book has a vastly different view than her first; it focuses on the idea that knowledge is pluralistic in nature. The work of scientists must feed off of each other. She furthermore goes into the values of data and theory and how they are applied to the natural order of science. This book was one that accepted both types of criticism and led to more philosophical beliefs. -
Helen Longino ~ (1944 - Present)
She receives the Patrick Romanell Lecture award in 2021. She was nominated for her ground-breaking work in exploring the social dimensions of epistemology and philosophy of science and the way differing evaluative perspectives figure in scientific theorizing. -
Helen Longino ~ (1944 - Present)
In this video, Helen explains the contextual empiricism that further defines the deeper model of the distinctions between observation and reasoning. She believes that there are a multitude of reasons why a scientist makes a decision and how they conclude it. If you are able to absorb anything from this video; it should be the philosophical standpoint between non-biased reasoning and realistic observations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XysYymrh7IE