Tim Lewens

Timothy Mark Lewens
Born	29 June 1974
Website	www.hps.cam.ac.uk/people/lewens/
Era	Modern
Region	British philosophy
Main interests	History and philosophy of science

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] In 2009, he was elected a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.^[5] He is a member of the Council’s Working Party on human bodies in medicine and research (report to be 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

1. LexisNexis Academic Database: 2009 ICC Information Group
2. Clare College Admissions Dr Tim Lewens Retrieved 21 August 2010
3. HPS, University of Cambridge Teaching Officers Tim Lewens
4. "Exeter School Governing Body: Tim Lewens MA MPhil PhD". Exeter School. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
5. "New Council members". Nuffield Council on Bioethics. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
6. Nuffield Council on Bioethics' official website - human bodies
7. Neander, K. (2006). "Moths and Metaphors. Review Essay on Organisms and Artifacts: Design in Nature and Elsewhere by Tim Lewens". Biology & Philosophy 21 (4): 591–602. doi:10.1007/s10539-005-9006-6.
8. Elder, Crawford L. (2005) Review: Are Organisms Artifacts of Natural Selection? by Tim Lewens, The American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 118, No. 3 (Fall, 2005), pp. 469-475
9. Shanahan, T. (2004). "Design by Nature". BioScience 54: 1044–1042. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[1044:DBN]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0006-3568. (Review of Organisms and Artifacts: Design in Nature and Elsewhere by Tim Lewens.)
10. Zimmerman, William F (2005) (Review of) Organisms and Artifacts: Design in Nature and Elsewhere. Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology. By Tim Lewens. A Bradford Book. Cambridge (Massachusetts): MIT Press. $32.00. xi + 183 p; ill.; index. ISBN 0-262-12261-8. 2004. The Quarterly Review of Biology, June 2005, vol. 80, no. 2
11. Ghiselin, Michael T. (24 March 2007). "Tim Lewens Darwin". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
12. "Interview with Tim Lewens". Darwin Correspondence Project. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
13. Ruse, M. (2008). "Review: Tim Lewens: Darwin". Mind 117 (468): 1094–1097. doi:10.1093/mind/fzn135.
14. Lennox, J. G. (2009). "Darwin, Philosopher". Metascience 18: 121–124. doi:10.1007/s11016-009-9252-3.
15. "Pilkington Prizes honour teaching excellence". University News. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 2010-09-05.

External links

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