Helen Longino

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Helen E. Longino (2015)

Helen Elizabeth Longino (born July 13, 1944 ) is an American philosopher and scientific theorist . She is currently a professor at the Philosophical Institute at Stanford University .

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After Longino completed her bachelor's degree in English from Barnard College ( New York City ) in 1966 and her master's degree in philosophy from the University of Sussex in 1967 , she received her doctorate in 1976 from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore . From 1971 to 1995 she held various assistant professorships at Mills College ( Oakland ), as well as at the University of California ( San Diego ) and Rice University ( Houston ), before becoming Professor of Philosophy and of Women's Studies at the University of from 1995 to 2005 Minnesota ( Minneapolis ) started. Longino has held the Chair of Philosophy at Stanford University since 2005.

In her work, Longino discusses the social dimensions of scientific knowledge and the relationships between social and cognitive values. Her main field of research is feminist epistemology .

In 2016 Longino was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 2018 she was accepted into the American Association for the Advancement of Science .

Works (selection)

  • Studying Human Behavior: How Scientists Investigate Aggression and Sexuality . University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2012, ISBN 978-0-22-649288-9 .
  • Can There Be A Feminist Science? In: Robin O. Andreasen, Ann E. Cudd (Eds.) Feminist theory: a philosophical anthology . Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken 2004, pp. 210-217, ISBN 978-1-40-511661-9 .
  • Feminist Epistemology as a Local Epistemology . In: Louis P. Pojman (Ed.) The Theory of Knowledge . Wadsworth, Belmont 2003, pp. 571-579, ISBN 978-0-53-455822-2 .
  • The Fate of Knowledge . Princeton University Press, Princeton 2002, ISBN 978-0-69-108876-1 .
  • Science as Social Knowledge: Values ​​and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry . Princeton University Press, Princeton 1990, ISBN 978-0-69-102051-8 .
  • with Valerie Miner (Ed.) Competition: a taboo among women . Women's offensive, Munich 1990, ISBN 978-3-88-104200-0 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helen Longino's curriculum vitae, as of 2012, PDF , accessed on July 30, 2019.
  2. ^ Sophie Stuber: Six Stanford professors elected to 2016 class of American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In: The Stanford Daily, April 27, 2016, accessed July 30, 2019.
  3. ↑ Andrea Korte: AAAS Honors Accomplished Scientists as 2018 Elected Fellows . In: AAAS Journal, November 27, 2018, accessed July 30, 2019.
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SURNAME Longino, Helen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Longino, Helen Elizabeth (full name); Longino, Helen E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American philosopher and science theorist
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1944