Helen Longino | |
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Born | July 13, 1944 | (age 80)
Education | Barnard College (BA) University of Sussex (MA) Johns Hopkins University (PhD) |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
Institutions | Mills College, Rice University, University of Minnesota, Stanford University |
Main interests | Feminist theory, philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, social epistemology, feminist epistemology |
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"Helen Longino: Perspectives and Pluralities", Rotman Institute of Philosophy |
Helen Elizabeth Longino[1] (born July 13, 1944) is an American philosopher of science who has argued for the significance of values and social interactions to scientific inquiry. She has written about the role of women in science and is a central figure in feminist epistemology and social epistemology. She is the Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy, Emerita, at Stanford University. In 2016, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[2]