Tim Lewens (born 29 June 1974) ^[1] is a professor in the history and philosophy of biology, medicine, and bioethics at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Lewens is a Fellow of Clare College, where he serves as Director of Studies in Philosophy ^[2] and he is a member of the academic staff and lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science (HPS). ^[3]

Background

Lewens completed his PhD thesis at the Department of HPS, Cambridge University in 2001. He became a lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge soon after completing his doctoral thesis. He now serves as a governor at Exeter School where he was formerly a pupil. ^[4] He was member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics from 2009 to 2015 ^[5] and a member of the Council's Working Party on human bodies in medicine and research (report published autumn 2011). ^[6]

Research

Lewens has written and lectured extensively on evolution and his book on this subject, Organisms and Artifacts: Design in Nature and Elsewhere (2004) received wide critical acclaim, ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]} as did his 2007 monograph on Charles Darwin. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14]}

Honours

In 2008, Lewens was one of eleven recipients of the University of Cambridge's Pilkington Prize for the quality of his teaching. ^[15]

Selected publications

• Lewens, Tim (2004). Organisms and Artifacts: Design in Nature and Elsewhere. Bradford Books, Life and Mind Series. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN  978-0-262-12261-0.
• Lewens, Tim (2006). Darwin. London: Routledge. p. 289. ISBN  978-0-415-34638-2.
• Lewens, Tim (2015). The Meaning of Science: A Pelican Introduction. Pelican. p. 294. ISBN  978-0-141-97742-3.

References

External links

• Tim Lewens, list of publications Department of HPS, Cambridge.