Tim Lewens

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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/

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]

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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]

From 2014 to 2017 Lewens was Deputy Director of Cambridge University's Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities.

Honours

Lewens was 2005's Philip Leverhulme Prize Philosophy subject. In 2008, He was one of eleven recipients of the University of Cambridge's Pilkington Prize for the quality of his teaching. [15]

Selected publications

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 21 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "Past Council Members". Nuffield Council on Bioethics. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  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. S2CID   84425781.
  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 (11): 1044–1046. 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 . Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  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. S2CID   189912275.
  15. ↑ "Pilkington Prizes honour teaching excellence". University News. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

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