Helen Longino b. 1944
Helen Longino (born 1944) is an American philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Analytic Philosophy and Feminism.
Helen Longino is an American philosopher of science, professor emerita at Stanford University, and one of the leading defenders of social epistemology in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Science as Social Knowledge and The Fate of Knowledge argued that the objectivity of science is not a property of individual researchers but of the social practices, transformative criticism, and institutional norms by which scientific communities sift their results. Studying Human Behavior applied her contextual empiricism to the contested case of behavioral genetics, while her many essays on feminism and the philosophy of science helped to found contemporary feminist epistemology.
Key facts
- Nationality
- American
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Analytic Philosophy, Feminism
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Helen Longino:
“Objectivity is a social achievement, not the property of an isolated knower.”
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Attributed to Helen Longino:
“Transformative criticism is the heart of scientific practice.”
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Attributed to Helen Longino:
“Knowledge is the product of communities, not of solitary observers.”
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Attributed to Helen Longino:
“Where there is no plurality of perspectives, the assumptions of inquiry pass unnoticed and unrevised.”
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Attributed to Helen Longino:
“Feminist philosophy of science is not a special pleading; it is good philosophy of science under another name.”
Frequently asked about Helen Longino
- When was Helen Longino born?
- Helen Longino was born in 1944.
- Where was Helen Longino from?
- Helen Longino is an American philosopher of the Contemporary era.
- What philosophical movements is Helen Longino associated with?
- Helen Longino is associated with Analytic Philosophy and Feminism.
- What is Helen Longino known for?
- Helen Longino is an American philosopher of science, professor emerita at Stanford University, and one of the leading defenders of social epistemology in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
- How many quotes are attributed to Helen Longino?
- There are 7 attributed quotations from Helen Longino in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.