Tim Lewens

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]

Timothy Mark Lewens
Born	(1974-06-29) 29 June 1974 (age 51)
Philosophical work
Era	Modern
Region	British philosophy
Main interests	History and philosophy of science
Website	www.people.hps.cam.ac.uk/index/teaching-officers/lewens/

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.