Tim Lewens

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Timothy Mark Lewens
Born (1974-06-29) 29 June 1974 (age 49)
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

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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
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  6. ↑ Nuffield Council on Bioethics' official website - human bodies
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  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. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (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
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