ANKARA - American feminist and philosophy of science professor Helen Longino sent a message of support for Abdullah Öcalan's February 27 “Call for Peace and a Democratic Society.”

 

American feminist and philosophy of science professor Helen Longino sent a message of support to the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM PARTY) regarding Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan's February 27 “Call for Peace and a Democratic Society.”

 

‘The peaceful call moved me’

 

Helene Longino stated in her message: “I have read the platform of the DEM Party and welcome its commitment to helping bring about a peaceful, pluralist, democratic society in Turkey.  I was impressed by Abdullah Ocalan’s call to set aside the armed struggle and use peaceful means to achieve full rights for all citizens of Turkey, including the Kurds.  I wish you well.”

 

About Helene Longino

 

Helene Longino, a professor of philosophy at Stanford University, has written several books on the philosophy of science, social epistemology, and feminist philosophy, and teaches courses on these subjects. A prominent contemporary philosopher of science, Helene Longino is considered one of the most influential feminist philosophers of science alive today. Noting that “feminism needs science, and science needs feminism,” Helene Longino examines the social dimensions of scientific knowledge and the relationship between social and cognitive values in her work, exploring feminist and social epistemologies and their impact on scientific pluralism.